This does seem like a totally biased opinion. An Indian paper quoting studies regarding racial discrimination when apparently Indians are getting abused is bound to be partial.
"In fact, that's a distinct advantage of mod_php. Everything is loaded and in memory when the request comes in. Throw APC on top of that and your code is also already compiled."
I would love it if someone cleared a very basic doubt of mine : If php is compiled, then what is the advantage of other programming languages? Wouldn't it be the same as anything else (except maybe considering the size of the language)? Is it just the optimization of the compiler then? And if so, would PHP compare the same to other loosely typed languages?
i much prefer sqlyog for mysql. it allows scheduled backups as well as restoring of huge dumps. i think both of these are available in the community edition.
I don't understand the extra level of protection... they are again offering torrents of copyrighted material. also the value would lie in the users sharing, which means that both the normal users and the law enforcement guys will get the same privileges, just as in the case of piratebay.