[eluser]skunkbad[/eluser]
Yes, I've been lurking, and this thread is too funny.
1) The idea that namespaces will turn CodeIgniter into a "modern framework" is like trying to say a new engine will turn your daily driver into a race car. While namespaces are cool for PSR-0 autoloading, I've yet to come across a situation where I had two classes that were named the same and really needed the namespaces to use them both at the same time.
2) As wiredesignz said, moving to or using another "modern framework" will not make people better coders. I lurk on the Laravel forum often, and it's funny to see the migration of newbs over there, asking the same dumb questions. Using Laravel, which is deemed a "modern framework", doesn't make a dev capable, and in my opinion it actually makes some things harder than CI.
3) As solid9 pointed out, the CI license is crap. We want MIT or BSD, and if you say you don't, then you don't understand the complexity of licensing. This is the reason why I bailed on CI. It wasn't that CI wasn't a "modern framework", it was this friggin license issue.
I'm hoping that CI will evolve into something better, but if that includes backwards compatibility and the OSL3.0 license, I'll personally never use it again. It may not be dead, but it's dead to me.
BTW, how's everyone doing? I'm still working too much, but feel blessed. God is good.
