Re: [SLUG] Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

From: VT (vt1@gte.net)
Date: Mon Sep 17 2001 - 00:28:23 EDT


At 12:01 AM 9/17/01 -0400, you wrote:
>I've got a customer that I've set up with my ISP (XO), and we're also
>setting up e-commerce for her. On the low end, XO uses something called
>Miva, which is, nearest I can figure, like a proprietary sort of PHP.
>Docs suck, interface sucks, etc. (Can you tell I don't like it? You
>know, this is the first time in years I've had to deal with a company
>that puts out proprietary software that I have to use and get support
>for. I'd forgotten how it felt. Irks me.)
>
>Anyway, XO is running on Sun boxes with Apache as their web server, and
>you have the ability to run your own CGIs, Perl, Python and PHP from
>your domain. So I'm looking for an alternative to this Miva crap.
>
>I don't want to pick an e-commerce package off freshmeat and later
>find out it sucks. Anyone have any experience with open source
>e-commerce packages, like which ones work best, etc.?
>
>Paul

I don't have a solution for you, but I actually have a friend that does
Miva support and setup if you not find a better alternative.

VT



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