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While this is true, a simple 3 month study into some of the less mainstream Perl modules like DBM will give you the flexibility to interact with any SQL type database out there that has an ODBC interface. From this point it is fairly easy to do the systems analysis required to create a back-end. Granted, you will end up with about 20 different databases, and possibly over a thousand individual fields, but that kind of programming really doesn't take very long. I think the profit you're speaking of is due more to the laziness of the customer than the difficulty of creating a back-end product.
One direction I'd like to see Minivend go in the future would be to interact directly with ODBC clients instead of constantly importing the data. I'm running into a lot of problems because I am either to stupid to figure out how this works (if it works already) or because it doesn't do this. Any help here would greatly be appreciated.
vandy...
(the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now...)
-----Original Message-----
From: reuben [mailto:reuben@anet-chi.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 7:58 AM
To: minivend-users@minivend.com
Subject: Re: Gartner Group: The Cost Of Ecommerce
****** message to minivend-users from "reuben" <reuben@anet-chi.com> ******
Well, from my experience, I would have to give the
Gartner Report some credence. The kind of ecommerce
sites they are referring to includes the back-end
integration, which is extremely expensive to build. MV is
great for building the ecommerce front-end, but is rather
lacking in integration abilities to back-end transaction
systems. Also, the report implies (since the report
includes media firms as part of the development process)
that promoting and advertising the site is also included as
part of the cost.
Having said that, I do think that MV is a great product,
supported by a very responsible group of people (ie you).
I have used it on several sites. and no, i don't claim to
make the kind of money that the report is referring to. i'm
just happy to pay my rent and feed myself. heh.
= reuben
>
> I bet they haven't discovered neither MiniVend, nor Mike Heins'
> incredible focussed, fast and hard working approach to build
> such sites for MUCH less.... 8-)
>
> What you think, after having mused about the enlightening content
> of this article, can we live without it or will it enhance our
> efforts to use MV to beat the numbers 8-).
>
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