With a low barrier to entry, high developer popularity, and good software integration, PHP scripting language appealed to Victorian start-up Komodo for its development of a commercial, enterprise-grade content management system. Komodo"s managing director David Warwick said a look at a variety of programming languages showed PHP was the most suitable tool to use. Read more.

That posting, from PHP Magazine, points to this article from LinuxWorld concerns the Komodo CMS:

"We looked at ASP, J2EE, Cold Fusion, and Web Objects but decided the most appropriate was PHP because it integrates will with the Apache Web server and MySQL database on Linux," Warwick said.

"In the process we moved our development platform to Linux and adopted a commercial strategy around the Komodo CMS. This strategy is that for a lower TCO at a company that doesn't have IT skills, we have built a polished, intuitive CMS with features that businesses want."

Yet another company getting on board with the power that is PHP - here's hoping that more and more will follow...