RE: [PHP-DB] Robust OO Shopping Cart 4 sale

apologies to the group. B. i completely agree with what you say. > -----Original Message----- > From: B. van Ouwerkerk [mailto:bvo@atz.nl] > Sent: 10 April 2001 13:08 > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Robust OO Shopping Cart 4 sale > > > > >No that is not what I said. If you go back and read I have > been referring > >to merchants. I know that the company I work for has outstanding > >support. They are an exception. But if a company doesn't > give you what > >you want go somewhere else. > > The only disadvantage: they already got my money. I don't > mind to pay for > something as long as it's really good and better then a free product. > > >I find that most open source doesn't have great support > either, and a > >company that charges for something will have more features that I > >want/need because if not then I will go somewhere else, and > they have > >dedicated people on it. > > This depends on the kind of support you expect. I see lots of > messages > here, on the MySQL and on the ProFTPD list saying I want to > do this but > how.. The answer might be read a book or people are pointed to online > documentation, or just RTFM. > For someone like me, and quite a few others on this list, > support the way > you're company provides it is not needed.. > > > Generally the open source side of things has developers > who work on it > > in their spare time. Which leads to longer delays then commercial. > > I don't know if that's true. Opensource has more developers.. > if say 10 > people work on a project it might even become available sooner then a > commercial product.. > > For most endusers support and easy to use/install are > important reasons to > buy a product.. > > Bye, > > > B. > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net >