Fwd: php-db Digest 11 Feb 2002 20:12:53 -0000 Issue 1046

My 2 cents : In fact Todd has also been spouting ( moaning? <g> ) on the Windows/PHP list too ;-) Certainly, parsing Word docs is not necessarily a PHP-DB issue, but an interesting problem or hack nonetheless. IMHO M$ have set themselves up for 'illegal' hacking of their file formats simply by virtue of their widespread use and insistence on not releasing the source for their products. But surely, this sort of stuff is worth considering as an exercise - if *everything* was easy there would be no jobs for people in the IT industry generally! >=Word is a Microsoft product. Have you been moaning on their lists (always >assuming anyone from Microsoft >actually responds/is helpful on such lists), asking where the Word-PHP >interface is? Why attack only one side of >the 'problem'? Perhaps like many others you have a perception that >Microsoft couldn't care less about what you >are trying to do? Why then make "the Open Source community" your whipping >boys (and girls)? Hope you guys have cooled off & settled your differences. DL Neil finished his rather vehement <ahem - ggg> discussion of the benefits of open-source et al , by *providing 3 helpful suggestions* how to tackle the overriding problem. I think perhaps 'childish remarks' might be an appropriate description *IF* the remarks were meant as a personal attack, rather than an expression that perhaps this list is not appropriate for reverse-engineering discussions. >>I don't know what crawled up your ass and died or pissed in your >> cheerios this morning. <snip> >>Geez, whats with you types? I mean, You think Open Source is the >>ultimate solution and Bill Gates it the evil empire. Grow up and don't >>respond to my inquiries. I don't like childish remarks from an >>incompetent fool Competence is in the eye of the beholder ( ducks under desk for protection ! ) I've only been on this list for a few weeks, but it's proved very helpful for my development, to think about solutions to other peoples problems, and provide help where possible. Very grateful for the input others have generously provided. I think though that the nature of this list is probably more for newbies than experienced MCP or open-source guru discussions, preferably for discussion of PHP and Databases - and welcome any flames suggesting otherwise <vbg> Regards, Neil Smith.