[freeside-devel] freeside is HOSED. 8-(

[E Bidder]

That is definitely not the best way to go about
getting help but you have to admit, Kristian, this
product leaves much to be desired.

If this product were a little better thought out they
would have no problem selling the Professional
Services they offer.

As it stands I have yet to find anyone who has a lot
of good things to say about it (those who are familiar
with it).

My opinion is that it has potential but unlike many
GPL/GNU products there is little momentum to
add/enhance the code because of the fact that it's
soooooo far away from being put to practical use.

For example, had I installed this, successfully tested
it out and determined that it had the features I
needed, I would have gladly contracted these guys to
install, configure and customize parts of this.

Also, just to clarify, not for the professional
services offered on this product I would not even
bother with this constructive criticism.

It's easy enough to blow people like me off as idiots
that just don't know what they are talking about but
we are the majority buyers for these products.

This is just one persons opinion so please do not take
it personally. 



--- Kristian Hoffmann <khoff at pc-intouch.com> wrote:
> You sure are good at politely asking for help.  "Can
> you help me fix my
> broken system, ohh yea, your code sucks.  You should
> rewrite it from
> scratch."
> 
> Beside that, we have a web-based open invoice
> report.  I'll upload it
> shortly.
> 
> -Kristian
> <khoff at pc-intouch.com>
> 
> On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Brian Wolfe wrote:
> 
> > 	I've been using freeside for about 6 months now.
> I had apache die on me while i was entering a
> payment. Now freeside locks up when I try to run
> freeside-bill -c ahzz to bill the clients.
> > 
> > 	What all do you need to know to be able to repair
> my database?
> > 
> > fs 1.2.2
> > ii  libdbd-mysql-p 1.2214-1       mySQL database
> interface for Perl
> > ii  mysql-common   3.23.22b-1     mysql database
> common files (e.g. /etc/mysql
> > ii  mysql-server   3.23.22b-1     mysql database
> server binaries
> > ii  perl-5.005     5.005.03-7.1   Larry Wall's
> Practical Extracting and Report
> > ii  perl-5.005-bas 5.005.03-7.1   The
> Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister
> > ii  perl-5.005-sui 5.005.03-7.1   Runs setuid Perl
> scripts.
> > ii  apache         1.3.12-2       Versatile,
> high-performance HTTP server
> > ii  apache-common  1.3.12-2       Support files
> for all Apache webservers
> > 
> > this is on debian linux woody development.
> > 
> > oh yeah. what is the status of the plans to make
> ALL database activity transaction oriented that I
> saw float past on this list a few months ago?
> > 
> > 
> > 	Brian Wolfe
> > 
> > p.s. wishlist
> > 	transaction based SQL interface.
> > 	one-time billings.
> > 	payment-backout
> > 	billing-backout
> > 	back-billing by user set dates. (for converting
> from old systems)
> > 	a C version that doesn't take 4 seconds per
> screen to compile( yes I know of mod-perl. it
> sucks.)
> > 	stability.(as in some things will end up with 2
> copies of the same user in the db and other crap
> like that.)
> > 	a real quickstart faq.
> > 	a real manual (seen comments on someone doing
> this. status?)
> > 	past due customer reports.(a VERY important thing
> that shoulda been done long ago)
> > 	sales reports. (this is REALLY wishing... i
> know...)	
> > 	predefined types of services and bundles as
> examples.
> > 	an install script that makes use of CPAN for
> packages. (detect local then grab from cpan if not
> found)
> > 	an export to ldap module.( vaguely remember this
> idea floating by long time ago)
> > 
> > 	I'd offer my perl skils but your half OO half
> straight perl is a nightmare. My advice is to start
> from scratch on a full-oo or drop the OO completely.
> > 
> 


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