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 Posted by Alan Little on 02/13/06 14:54 
Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of 
Roman of comp.lang.php make plain:  
 
> Alan Little wrote: 
>>> They told me they do not modify Open Source software but write new 
>>> one. Of course I did not hire them. I chose PunBB and I am slowly 
>>> 
>>> I am a programmer myself (not web) and am little disappointed. Is 
>>> this a common opinion among PHP programmers, or I am just aproaching 
>>> the  
>>  
>> It depends on your needs, and on the original software. If you need  
>> extensive changes, and/or the original software is not well-written, 
>> then yes, it could definitely be more effective to start from 
>> scratch.  
>  
> This is about code with communities around them, well tested and 
> actively supported. Some of these programs seem to be well documented 
> and professionally written. With minimum PHP knowledge I am able to 
> follow the logic and search for particular functionality in PunBB. 
>  
> When 18 year old kid tells me that the code with active community of 
> thousands users is no good and they would write me the better one, I 
> have slight problem with believing that. 
 
In that case, yes, I agree. I am not familiar with PunBB, so didn't know. 
 
--  
Alan Little 
Phorm PHP Form Processor 
http://www.phorm.com/
 
  
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