... or is it just me?  I can't for the life of me see how the way that Net.Commerce works could be described as either user-friendly or logical. In many places it seems obtuse, and sometimes it just seems plain bloody awkward. And is it just me, or are Domino Server and Domino Go Server both useless pieces of junk with all the stability of an unstable thing?  Domino regularly crashes out, Go regularly crashes out, Domino processes keep on hanging at 100% CPU usage (grrrreat.  A really nice way to use that Xeon processor) and they just seems to be hatefully slow and unstable.  What can't we use IIS which at least works.

I completely disagree with you assessment of net.commerce. After working with the product for a while, it's pretty easy to get things done in net.commerce. If you like, I can try to answer any QQs you have regarding a particular example. -Kyle Peacock IBM e-business Solution Center - New York

with the product for a while, it's pretty easy to get things done in net.commerce. I have now worked for about one week with Net.Commerce, still waiting for the real prject, but I share your opinion, Kyle. The first few days working with it are very confusing but after you understand the principles and concepts it's not too difficult to customise the system for your needs. The thing that I don't like is that for further customisation you have to write your own code in C++. Especially if you are not using the system for shopping in the US area. In Europe the shopping/payment process is different, that means writing our own OFs may be necessary. Why didn't IBM implement a kind of gateway from the supplied DLLs to let's say Java code which is much easier to build and maintain (and platform-independent)? Or put more features into Net.Data so that OFs could be completely avoided? The supplied Store Creator is not of much use. There is no way other than coding your own macros, the demos can help a bit to see what's possible. Nevertheless I think NC has a big potential and I hope to get the 3.2 version soon (i.e. for the Net.Data upgrade). Regards,    Juergen Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.