this is fast becoming a myth. a lot of hosting companies are moving up. godaddy already offers php 5.3 shared hosting.

That just means the situation changing as time goes on, not anything about a myth. Of course at some point everyone will be running >=5.3, but I still hear about PHP 4 after all...

human progress was never a result of religious fanaticism. sticking to one language because it is the "one true language" is a lot of crap.

This is a very lopsided comparison, like oranges against lemons. PHP should be compared against Ruby, not RoR.

it's not an issue, it's in the site:

"Any of the license terms and conditions can be waived if you get permission from the copyright holder."