Our needs are so unique theses open source carts would need a lot of 
modification.  

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Keith Smith

--- On Sun, 1/20/13, Kevin Brown <[email protected]> wrote:

From: Kevin Brown <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: OT: Java vs PHP
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <[email protected]>
Date: Sunday, January 20, 2013, 2:34 PM

 Have you checked out the preexisting Ecommerce systems, like Ubercart?
> 
> I need to upgrade an ecommerce site that serves a virtual company.  It 
> actually does more than ecommerce.  None of us are in the same community.  We 
> are spread to the winds.  So we rely on the web to make it happen.  Our 
> current solution was written in PHP 4 by someone else.  I upgrade it to PHP 5 
> about 4 years ago. It is full of patches, some old code and some new.  Part 
> is MVC and other parts have HTML and PHP mixed together with DB code.  It is 
> time to do a complete makeover and add a ton of functionality.  I've been 
> looking at CodeIgniter for the project.  However Java has jumped up on my 
> radar again.  I say again, because I have studied and played with Java 
> multiple times over the past 10 or 12 years.
> 
> As I think about this, I think we can use Java to do the web app, and 
> potentially create a desktop app to allow the operations folks to have access 
> with an app that runs on their Win or MAC PC's.  Potentially maybe even a 
> smart device app.
> 
> Any thoughts are always appreciated.
> 
> ------------------------
> Keith Smith
> 
> --- On *Sun, 1/20/13, Bryan O'Neal /<[email protected]>/* 
> wrote:
> 
> 
>     From: Bryan O'Neal <[email protected]>
>     Subject: Re: OT: Java vs PHP
>     To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <[email protected]>
>     Date: Sunday, January 20, 2013, 1:38 PM
> 
>     The question I have is what you are doing. If it is small with few
>     hits and non stateful data use PHP or even rails. If you are doing
>     an massively scaled ecommerce site then you use java. It is a
>     matter of which does what better.  As for the individual thinking
>     java was client side, I suggest that perhaps you are thinking java
>     script not java. Java is server side and processed tomcat or jboss.
>     Personal I like java :)
> 
>     On Jan 20, 2013 12:24 PM, "keith smith" <[email protected]
>     </mc/[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
> 
>         Hi,
> 
>         I am in the process of planning a web project.  I'm thinking
>         possibly using Java.  To this point I have done all my web
>         projects using PHP.  I know there will be a learning curve.
> 
>         My main question is the availability of Java programmers.  It
>         seems there is a lot of PHP talent available for PHP
>         projects.  I like that there is a lot of availability of PHP
>         programmer because that makes my apps supportable if I move on
>         or am otherwise not available.
> 
>         I have not met a lot of Java programmers, so I assume they are
>         not available the same way PHP programmers are.  In other
>         words I think I can visit Gang Plank HQ and find a hand full
>         of PHP programmers that I would fee good about pulling into a
>         project.  I'm not sure I can say the same with Java
>         programmers, however I have not paid much attention when it
>         comes to Java programmers.
> 
>         You thoughts are much appreciated!!
> 
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>         Keith Smith
> 
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