On Feb 7, 2008 9:24 AM, Eric Butera <eric.butera@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > While I agree that if the end user doesn't get it, then you don't get > paid... but quality matters if you have to extend/maintain/secure it. > Well, I guess not. Look at how wildly popular MySpace is. im guessing most people who use oscommerce or zencart dont ever look at the code, let alone extend it. a couple years back i setup a zencart install for someone and i remember looking on the forums at that time.. someone was trying to mod it a little and one of the core devs said something like 'what are you doing, mucking around in the code..'; i was somewhat shocked at that. did you see the thread that started last night about a zencart module and php arrays?? if thats indicative of the typical user (which i suspect it is) i think these guys are safe to assume not many people are going to extend their code. but thats no excuse for poor code (here i assume the code is bad, but from a cursory glance it looks like zencart has improved since i last used it [though ive not looked at the code much]). if i were going to use it id almost certainly end up maintaining some sort of forked version or perhaps just grabbing some functionality from it, like maybe integration w/ a payment gateway or something. hopefully that cant be too bad, and small enough to easily tweak in the event it needed a face-lift. -nathan
