Re: [ic] Frustrated with IC 4.8

[IC-Admin <interchange@my-school.com>]

On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Thore Karlsen wrote:

> On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 10:24:36 +0000, you wrote:
> 
> >How is it that IC 4.8 can have so many great features and be so ill behaved 
> >in implamenting them? What I mean by this is IC 4.8 seems to have everything 
> >you could think of to put on a wish list for an online store and then some. 
> >But when it comes to using the Administration interface to setup the store 
> >it is contrary as hell. The changes that I make either give unexpected 
> >results or have no effect at all. The help file included seems to be an 
> >after thought that only makes one want a real help file. I find it next to 
> >useless. The documentation on the Redhat web site is not much better. The 
> >wizard that was intended to be used for quick setup seems to have a mind of 
> >it's own.
> >
> >If I am the only one that is having problems with grasping how to use IC 
> >then it won't hurt my feelings at all for you to tell me how stupid I am and 
> >for you to point out what I am doing wrong. I would really like to get IC to 
> >perform the way a program if this caliber should. I am use to stable 
> >programs that work as intended. If this is the type of program that stems 
> >from the open source code theory of designing software then it seems to be a 
> >step backwards.
> >Just my $.02 worth.
> 
> You are not the only one, I'm having the same problems. The documentation is
> worthless, that's the only way to describe it. Open source may be free
> initially, but I'm starting to wonder if we shouldn't have gone with a well
> documented commercial solution instead. _Time_ certainly isn't free, and you
> need a lot of time to experiment to get things to work in Interchange.
> 
> 

Oh, yes, and it costs a _lot_ of _time_ for the IC developers to build
the code, and their time isn't _free_ either and certainly not
indefinitely. The reason I will never be programmer, is because I can't
handle emotionally all the crap I run into and read online by such
enlightened personalities like you seem to be. 

So, just be clear, if I would have heard you saying this, face to face to
the IC developers in the real world, you would have something real _real_
in the middle of your face.

You have my no means understood the value of Open Source software and your
post is an insult. Go with your *commercia*l solution. Did you even
realize that there is something like a COMMERCIAL INTERCHANGE, for
heaven's sake ?

Ridiculously, you would pay money for code you can't even read. 
Be happy being blind. Hope you find your way around to go.  

Sorry for my outburst of anger. I just can't stand the so-called 
IT crowd at times.  

Birgitt Funk


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