From: "Bermejo, Rodrigo" Date: 2003-05-06T03:32:38+09:00 Subject: Re: Why is PHP so popular? What can we learn from the PHP camp? > > > > >>Anyway, happy Cinco de Mayo! ;) >> >> > >Yes, happy Cinco de Mayo! Cinco de Mayo isn't really Mexican Independence >day as is commonly thought (that's September 12th) but it marks a victory > Actually The Mexican Independence is on September 15th. >of the Mexican forces against the French in which the Mexican forces were >heavily outnumbered by the better trained and equiped French army. > You know more than many Mexicans !!! > So >sometimes the underdog does win, that should give us hope ;-) > > >BTW: it's amazing that what amounts to a fairly minor holiday in Mexico >is a five day celebration here in Portland, OR - any excuse for a party, I >guess. The 4th of July isn't even celebrated for five days. > > It does not happen here in Mexico actually I am working today, just kids took the day off. I dont know why this date is more important in the other side of the river than here ?? >Phil > > A Mexican underdog working on May 5 .... which hates Taco bell and PHP. Viva Ruby !! -r.