Will Open Source Java and PHP5 slowdown or stop the adoption of Python?

[maney at pobox.com]

Jorge Restrepo <jorgerpo at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I wonder if the planned specs of php version 5, which will make it
> more object oriented, and a web front end to J2EE apps:

> and the approval of Sun for an Open Source Java:

> Will slow down or even stop the adoption of Python for Web
> applications?
> 
> What do you think??

No.  PHP is just a badly put together pile of features (and $mistakes). 
And Java only looks like salvation from a C++ point of view.  :-/

or

Yes.  Given that this sort of adoption is rooted more in fashion than
in sense...  :-(