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Re: Re: [mv] Minivend-Cybercash Comm problem (I'm just too damn stupid to use minivend)
Quoting mediamob (mediamob@dnaco.net):
> Sorry about that. Stupid, again - generalizing from one datum, combined
> with a bit of denial. If I had discovered that a variable test was
> necessary to process a directive, that would mean a documentation fault,
> not stupidity on my part.
>
> Please accept my apologies. Failing to face my incompetence will not make
> it any better, nor will what amounts to accusations against the software.
> What I have to do now is decide if it is worthwhile to press on in the
> face of my inability or chuck the online business idea and move on.
>
No apologies are necessary; Minivend is hard stuff, as is e-commerce in
general. There
was a great howto article on building a shopping site, and it said about
implementing e-commerce:
Ecommerce is at once mind-numbingly boring and terrifyingly
difficult. It turns out to be a miracle that most businesses operate
successfully at all. With ecommerce, people start demanding that
all the business systems that have been up 8 hours a day, 5 days
a week with human intervention now be available 24x7 and be fully
automated. The worst thing about building ecommerce systems is that
nobody will notice if you do the job right.
We may get past that someday, when we learn more. But from my experience
I identify with it pretty well.
> > Sounds like you were trying to make an old demo checkout page (pre-3.12)
> > work with CyberCash.
> >
> Yes, that is exactly what I am doing. My ISP is running 3.11, and all of
> my work has been with it. Does 3.11 not support CyberCash at all, or does
> it just work differently?
>
It works fine; the demo just didn't support it until later.
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