Hmm, that sounds like a good idea ... I could set something up at
perl2000.com
if we want to run something like that. Would be nice to know the
reputations
of some companies before you deal with them and find out what they are like
(THEN someone tells you that you made a mistake)
Chad
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>From: Jim Hutchinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: WC:>: Company to watchout for
>Date: Fri, Aug 14, 1998, 8:35 AM
>
>Does anyone have a blacklist going that we could add to? If not, shall we
>start one? I'm sure many of us have had experiences with other places too
>and it's good for us to know who they are.
>
>Jim
>
>
>At 10:43 PM 8/13/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>If anyone gets a job and the client wants to be located on dev-com.com,
>>or you are considering using their services, I strongly recomend turning
>>you back on them.
>>
>>I just finished up a CGI contract for a client that used dev-com's
>>secure server ... well... I was hell dealing with them. All the cgi
>>work I did worked fine on perl2000.com's servers and at home in my linux
>>box. But, when I would upload to dev-com ... it all went to garbage.
>>
>>CGIs would come up with errors when I check them with perl's debugger,
>>via the web they would error out. Here some of the problems were is
>>that use a different set of permissions to make the CGIs executable (755
>>doesn't work).
>>
>>Their tech support leaves a lot for desired ... one response to an email
>>I sent went like this:
>>
>>"Dear Customer,
>>
>>This is a reply to your email regarding your perl cgi script. You can't
>>use html tags inside the perl script. I removed those Html tags and
>>your test.cgi works. This problem has nothing to do with cgi-bin.
>>There's nothing wrong with this directory."
>>
>>About three hours later they emailed me again they were mistaken and you
>>CAN use html tags within perl scripts...
>>
>>Then the company started badmouth and insulting me to other people, I
>>found out cuz they told my client. She is still impressed by my work
>>though and has sent me a 3rd contract. She is very disapointed in
>>dev-com as well and will nolonger refer and of her clients to them.
>>
>>Chad
>>
>>--
>>
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>>Chad D. Zimmerman
>>Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Webmaster: Perl Script Archive http://www.perl2000.com
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