[ic] newbie! Redhat Interchange vs. PHPshop vs. outOFbox?

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Thanks Fred.

In terms of what I meant by my question, I was thinking about the things
that would be important to small business -- like difficulty/expense of
webhosting for Interchange(I'm in Canada, too, with our lowly Canadian $ so
US hosts can get expensive), resources that Interchange requires (ie. if I
no longer work with a small business, what's the expense/ease of that small
business finding someone to work with Interchange vs. someone to figure out
Miva,  that wouldn't take as much expertise).  I read on the site that
Interchange is optimized for 100 products, which would be a mid-sized store
(vs. say the outdoor company that has 20 trips) , and does that mean that it
would require too many resources for a 20 item store.

Hope this all makes sense - but, hey, like I say, I'm a newbie in ecommerce
applications!

Rita

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Pope" <fred@satcomresources.com>
To: <interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 2:02 PM
Subject: RE: [ic] newbie! Redhat Interchange vs. PHPshop vs. outOFbox?


> "Wondering if Interchange is really a cadillac solution, and that smaller
> businesses would need something out of the box."
>
> Your question does not make sense. But Interchange can be as much or as
> simple a solution as you would like. I like that IC is Open Source, and
has
> a strong developer base, and it is farirly easy to find the answers on how
> to do things. Finally there is the ability to customize the application
for
> your needs as we have done, and will continue to do. IC is not really a
> shopping cart, it is more of a web app server that comes with a pre-built
> shopping cart.
>
> I just looked at Miva briefly, and I have looked at PHP shop in the past.
I
> would steer you towards Interchange. I like PHP, but the most recent
> security flaw has me concerned about that language and if it worth
pursuing.
> You can do everything in PERL that you can in PHP, and PERL has a
> portability advantage.
>
> The next significant benefit is who is behind it....RedHat. IMHO, these
guys
> have a track record, and if you stay on the mailing list, you will watch
the
> gurus chime in and help out with questions that are well phrased. You can
> hire them for support, and they are great, and even if you have not hired
> them and you bring up a good question, you will have an answer really
quick.
>
> Good Luck.
> --
> Fred Pope
> Satcom Resources
> 970-748-3094
> fred@satcomresources.com
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