Timothy Boyden wrote:
while the
second example - though ultimately helpful if you choose to pay for the
articles - is nothing more than an advertising plug that only benefits
the magazine.
I do agree that the post was a plug, but a helpful plug that aided you
in solving your problem. As a list full of mature professionals, it's
generally assumed that a commercial resource for information will cost
money. Disclaimers aren't specifically needed. Especially considering
a great deal of the contributors to the popular and, as proven, helpful
php publications are regulars here.
You were in no way forced to cough up the cash. You could have come
back here and asked the community if any other resources were
available. You could have done more research, including checking the
open source applications available like oscommerce and phpshop. You
could have read the thorough UPS tracking / rating specs, which are
fairly thorough, and come up with your own library, but instead,
accepted information from a commercial resource and then came to
complain about having to pay for it, which is fairly useless to the rest
of us.
Mark
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