Posted by Evil Otto on 04/23/07 13:21

On Apr 23, 2:24 am, "asdf" <a...@asdf.com> wrote:
> "Steve" <no....@example.com> wrote in message
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> news:PiXWh.1121$Pi6.197@newsfe04.lga...
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> > "Alogen" <myem...@mysite.us> wrote in message
> >news:F4XWh.3952$Fc1.2807@trnddc05...
> > | Yes, but I need just the basic features not a clone.
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> > well then, you'd best get to deciding what 'basic' entails. then you'll
> > have
> > an idea of what functions you'll need to accomplish them. and, you'll have
> > a
> > great place to start reading the manual at php.net.
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> > now, if you're willing to pay me $125 USD per hour...sure, i'd love to
> > help.
> > you're looking at approximately 270 hours to get the 'basics'. other than
> > that, learn on your own and don't beg for help offering nothing in return.
> > (did you 'calc' that estimate? adds up quick, don't it.)
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> > but, that's just mho. :)
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> yho is not in the spirit of the open source community, and was less than
> helpful.


The "open source community" that you're referring to is made up of
people who have mortgages and families to feed just like everyone
else. These people choose to volunteer their time and effort to
develop tools that benefit the community, but their participation is
voluntary. You're asking for a significant amount of work. Please
don't ask people to work for free.

PHP is a relatively simple language to learn and develop in. If
you're not willing to learn it to accomplish your goal, then your
options are to either forget about it or get someone else to do it.
If someone is willing to do it for free, that's great. If not, well,
your options are limited.

Also, being snarky when you're asking people to do work for free is
usually less than productive.

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