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To: publana
I heard on one of the FOXNEWS shows last night that the company is CANADIAN. We paid them close to 100 million dollars for this site. They chose to use open source software that is available for free, is old, and outdated. They hid this fact by removing the required for licensing name of the company on the bottom of each page.

I should have added that there is nothing wrong imo with php and open source software for a website. The problem arose, i believe, when the 0 admin reviewed the site and wanted it all changed to force users to input their information prior to seeing the pricing structure. This would cause a rewrite of much of the software where the company would have to actually have some knowledge of php. The 0 admin also waited until the last minute which made it impossible to get the work done on time.

I don't blame the Canadian developer at all. The 0 admin shouldn't have waited until the last minute to review the site and should have given the development team their requirements from the start. Changing boats in midstream is never a good idea when there are written in stone due date on project completion.

79 posted on 10/18/2013 9:13:57 AM PDT by publana (Beware the olive branch extended by a Dem for it disguises a clenched fist.)
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To: publana

PHP is fine is you want unmaintainable code.


81 posted on 10/18/2013 9:18:12 AM PDT by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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