> I am sorry that you feel unhappy for having to pay a few dollars for an > article that successfully solved your issue. Considering that you appear to > be employed (at SuperCoups) and the typical hourly PHP wage is well over > $30, if this article saved you 18 minutes of effort seeking a solution then > you have made a fine investment ($8.78/($30/60) = 17.56 minutes). > > If a magazine publishes your work it is unethical to then give the article > away for free. You should know that I do not receive royalties; you asked > for assistance with a topic and so I let you know that the solution existed > in the article. In the future if you seek support and then accept the help, > please refrain from then ranting negatively about the means in which it was > given.
That is a troll. You referenced a solution and didn't bother to mention that it required a paid subscription. That is deceptive, no matter how valuable the article. Rather than just apologizing for doing that, you chose to give the rest of us a finance and ethics lesson. -John Campbell _______________________________________________ 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
