Lead PHP programmer quits

Here are some facts so everybody can stop guessing and hopefully we can put an end to this stupid thread. (although it has been amusing to see these analogies made between me and Linus :)

1. I did have that rant on IRC after coming from bar and reading the news about the UN security council's decision not to condemn the attack on the UN post. The channel was public so I don't hold it against anybody for posting the log.

Doing that I didn't really think anybody was listening, just using the (wrong) channel for getting some steam out. I apologize for the wrong choice of words in "fuck jews" where it should have been "fuck israel". And of course I mean the government of Israel when I say "I'm anti-israel". I have friends who are jews and it does not bother me at all. Hopefully they don't get offended by those remarks I made.. :(

2. I have been in Lebanon (1998-1999) serving as a peacekeeper for one year (+ one day :). In 2004 I served in Kosovo and currently I'm serving in Afghanistan.

3. In Lebanon I did NOT serve in the same post that was bombed. It was an OGL post and I served in UNIFIL. I don't personally know the fellow finnish peacekeeper that died. I know a lot of peacekeepers (from many countries too) and if any of them got killed, I'd feel as bad as if my brother/sister was killed.

4. I am not lead developer of anything. Neither are most of the people listed on zend.com that have this weird generated "CV" from CVS commits added to their profile. (I have complained about it to Zend people at least once :) Most of the work and energy I've spend on getting rid of bogus bug reports. And sometimes even fixing an odd bug here and there..

5. I did quit PHP the project but the bombing of the UN post was just some sort of "last straw". I've been trying to quit the project for a long time. Sounds like a bad habit? Yes, exactly. I just realized that how insignificant it all is. And I really need to concentrate on LIVING more. Hence the quitting. (PHP folks: PLEASE remove the CVS account..otherwise I might get tempted to direct my browser again to the bugs.php.net..). I tried NOT to provoke exactly these kinds of discussions by stating "Do not reply" and not stating what the last straw was. And here we are. :/

I have been shot at/near/over and pointed by guns by both IDF and some lebanese militia(s) and I can assure you that I don't have any warm feelings to neither party right now. Both have been/are killing innocent civilians (for different reasons) and I condemn both for causing the unnecessary deaths of 4 unarmed UN observers. Back in 1999 both sides attacked finnish UN posts. Nobody died just because of very good luck..now we run out of that luck.

Anyway, I'll go enjoy LIFE now.