Re: interesting info. Do we have to be worried?

On 15 Oct 2002, Ovid <poec-/[email protected]> wrote: 

> --- Chris Beggy <chrisb-xiI5IRRYO/[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 14 Oct 2002, "john kaz" <[email protected]> wrote: 
> > 
> > > http://perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=204342
> > 
> > Thanks for this link.
> > 
> > A shabby code review lacking detail or dialogue with the authors,
> > is still better than no code review at all.  We should thank the
> > reviewers at Perlmonks.org.
> 

Ovid,

> I don't know who you are, but I am terribly offended by the
> comment "a shabby code review".  Taking my comments out of
> context is, quite frankly, being dishonest.

I did not intend to deceive. Please don't attribute to malice
that which can be explained by ignorance :-)

I'm happy for us to get to know one another if that is what you
like.

> When you refer to my unseen code review as "shabby", I urge to
> to put aside your preconceptions and not confuse "features"
> with "quality".  SQL Ledger is the most feature-rich open
> source accounting package that we evaluated.

I was unaware of your unseen code review. I am sure the unseen
review is thorough and detailed, and that the comments in the
link above are your distillation of that unseen, thorough review.

You are correct that I didn't put my preconceptions of sql-ledger
aside when I read your notes on sql-ledger.  I've concluded that
sql-ledger is the best among nola, Appgen MyBooks, and Intuit
QuickBooks for cost of ownership, support, features, reliability
and performance.

Some of these considerations got in the way of appreciating
the summary list of your code review.

Nevertheless, here's where I disagree:

   Ovid's point              My counterpoint

  Poorly written          Too broad, there's a range of code quality

  Has security concerns   Too general to be taken seriously,
                          could be said of any db backed web service.
			  S-L security is addressed on an ongoing
                          basis with feedback from users and
                          admins.

  Is non-portable         Except to Linux, Windows and MacOS X

  Difficult to test       Relative to what? S-L is as difficult
                          as all other bookkeeping and
                          report generation db backed web
                          services.

  Will be difficult to    Is being extended by users and the main
  extend                  developer on a regular basis


Thanks for your initial review. Thanks for posting your detailed
response to my comments the sql-ledger mailing list.

Chris


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