I have developed a new web site intended partly to demonstrate the power and flexibility of object-oriented Perl. You are invited visit the site at http://www.rice-audio.com. It is written entirely in Perl, including the server, and it is intended for eCommerce applications requiring specification of complex assemblies in addition to simple inventory items. It can provide expert information to the user to aid in the selection of component parts. The system includes inventory and supplier ordering. I will soon expand the system into a full web-based accounting system. The National Archives laid off some talented open source software developers as a result of the Y2K upgrade projects which were based entirely on commercial software systems. Some Y2K projects actually turned out badly and certainly didn't meet requirements but the government still came down hard on the in-house software developers. Thanks, Bob Rice
