It's sad you and others like you choose to focus your attacks on me rather than assist the original poster with their question. I would gladly help except my hands are tied by copyright.
So much for the professionalism. At no time did I complain about having had to pay, instead I said I was thankful for the help now, and before when I received the help (you can check the archives and see for yourself), all I mentioned is that it had to be paid for before it could be useful. There was no preview or code snippets provided that would of indicated that it would be useful or even relevant to my needs, but instead I took a leap of faith, paid for the articles and luckily it worked out for me. I was left with that option as no one else came to my assistance as you would suggest, and for that much I am again grateful to "Digital Ink". If you're so sure those open source apps provide the solution, why don't you help out and post the code, it's open source so you wouldn't be violating any copyright. I for one couldn't find the code that would lead to a solution for me that wasn't embedded in a number of modules to obscurity. My main point of contention was not about cost, but about freely sharing ideas and solutions - the real point of this list. You want pay for solutions, head on over to www.experts-exchange.com Those same contributors you mention don't come on here and ask you to buy their book in order to get help either. They are very generous and offer code help directly and freely. In return those who they've helped (like me) return the favor and purchase their books to support their efforts. There is a difference. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Armendariz Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 4:05 PM To: NYPHP Talk Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] UPS Shipping Calculator 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 _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
