FW: [PHP-DB] Robust OO Shopping Cart 4 sale - oh please ....

i just thought i'd share some more of mr st jean's comments .... last post on this topic. promise. Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick St Jean [mailto:rstjean@internet.look.ca] > Sent: 10 April 2001 16:15 > To: Steve Brett > Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Robust OO Shopping Cart 4 sale - oh please .... > > > At 12:40 PM 4/10/01 +0100, Steve Brett wrote: > >the wonderful thing about open source is that generally you > are speaking to > >people that are FAR more qualified and FAR cleverer. > What a load of garbage . The only think that you are dealing > with is a > bunch of freeloaders, > who don't want to pay for something. Some developers are > more clever but > most of the are > just cheap. You clearly haven't worked in a commercial > atmosphere where > you have to > support users. > > >you remind me a lot of someone (and i can name a lot of > developers) who has > >something and is convinced that they are immediately > superior because of > >this 'something' that they have. > You obviously didn't check out the links, and you clearly > have no idea what > you are talking about. > I guess it makes things worse that you are ignorant and proud > of it. Don't > knock what I am talking > about till you see it. I checked the stuff out there and I > have searched > long and hard. I suggest you > do the same before you shoot off comments. > > >don't apologise. as i will not (as requested in your ealier mail). > > > >open source needs to be kept free of people like yourself. > otherwise nothing > >will ever change. > Well I am glad that you think that you are better, I > especially like you > childish remark. > I can see that you still have not read anything properly. I > said that I > was part of the movement > already, and making changes. > > > >Steve > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Rick St Jean [mailto:rstjean@internet.look.ca] > > > Sent: 10 April 2001 10:09 > > > To: php-db@lists.php.net > > > Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Robust OO Shopping Cart 4 sale - oh boy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have to apologize for how harsh that email was. I am not > > > knocking the > > > open source movement. I am a part of it, and > > > I think that it is great. It drives me nuts when I have to > > > buy some new > > > software, and there are times when I will use something > > > that is free instead. > > > > > > My points simply are: > > > > > > 1. open source is great. > > > 2. open source is not always better. > > > 3. paid products are not always better. > > > 4. right now, php lacks what I would call a good e-commerce > > > product. They > > > have many products that will do. but nothing is good or > outstanding. > > > 5. it is 5 in the morning ... I can't sleep and I am cranky. > > > 6. I guess everyone needs to do what is best for them. > > > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > > > ########################################################## > # Rick St Jean, > # rstjean@internet.look.ca > # President of Design Shark, > # http://www.designshark.com/, > http://www.phpmailer.com/ > # Quick Contact: http://www.designshark.com/messaging.ihtml > # Tel: 905-684-2952 > ########################################################## >