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		_csoo on April 23, 2007 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Welcome to the Dot Com Bubble 2.0 everyone becomes a PHP/MySQL programmer nowadays. These tools weren't that affordable in 1990's. They're free!!! And they're widely available now which is why everyone becomes a PHP/MySQL programmer.

mojuba on April 23, 2007 [–]

Sorry, I didn't mean "affordable" exactly in terms of money. The tools became much easier to use, which means a better learning curve, which means saving programmer's time, which means money.

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