ThinkPHP.de has a new post today that looks to clear something up from a previous statement by Zend.

Everybody knows that some blurbs are neccessary for a good marketing and PR work (in German we say "Klappern gehort zum Handwerk"). But I don't think that it's a good idea to claim to be the "architects of PHP", although Zeev and Andi provided most parts of the ZendEngine (II) (which I'm very thankful for).

Companies that earn money with PHP shouldn't forget where PHP comes from: the OpenSource community, hundreds of people that donate their spare time to PHP. So there is a responsibility for this group/movement. Perhaps this has to do with the growth of Zend as a company. People come and go, suits come and go. I would love to see some more OpenSource spirit at Zend.

The press release that they are referring to is here (you might need The Fish).

I've seen this kind of thing before with Zend, and it seems like they're constantly walking the line between being "The PHP Company" and becoming "the guys who wrote PHP". I love the way that one of the comments on this post says it: "PHP is not for Zend, Zend is for PHP".