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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