Re: Dreamweaver 4 ignores PHP - again

On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Sue Bailey wrote: > Samantha Savvakis wrote: > > > > > Correct. Most web people are little more than lazy, poorly trained and > > > overpaid monkeys. The success of crap like Dreamweaver (and also Cold > > > Fusion) is due to the fact that these morons can at least get something > > > done, even if it is crap, which their client, who is paying through > > > their nose, doesn't really deserve. For a product to dominate it must > > > allow a company's monkeys to be productive. > > > Thank god I code by hand, otherwise I'd find this FUCKING offensive. Why > don't you go read all the stuff out there about www community, open > source, etc etc etc and get down off your big high pedestal. Some of us > are just learning, yeah? Remember when you knew nothing, or were you > born knowing it all? > > First thoughts, I was going to just send this to you, but no, I'm > copying it to the list as well, complete with -- ooh bad me -- profane > word, coz if I get chucked off the list for saying that, well, it ain't > a list I want to be on if people like you go uncommented. > > I apologise to the lovely people here - especially Egon - who've given > me so much help, but really, this stinks! > > Sue > > (and if you can't read my email address, it's sue@bartandsue.co.uk, you > want to take me off the list, go right ahead, because if this kind of > reply can go without comment, I have no wish to be part of this list, > community, or any other definition you want to give it) > First of all, you might want to follow a thread a little more closely. It wasn't Samantha Savvakis who wrote that comment, even though you directed this message at her. The original poster was Matthew Brealey <webmaster@richinstyle.com>. If you have anything to say, say it to him. Second, Matthew is right. I have seen more POS applications developed in ASP using Visual Interdev or HTML with FrontPage or Dreamweaver or GoLive than I can shake a bundle of sticks at. While most of the people on the PHP lists can code with both eyes clsed both hands behind their back in their sleep, the fact is that we represent a small (~7-10%) population of developers. -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>