TallTroll - 12:14 pm on Jun 26, 2002 (gmt 0)

A lot of commercial products are surprisingly poorly coded too. The difference is that commercial products generally have to pass a QA cycle which catched the grosser errors, rather than releasing them to the world for error trapping.

However, if you aren't a coder, buying off the shelf can be the best option

>> You should sit down and learn about what you want and begin to code it.

Not everyone has the time/skills to do it, unfortunately. Documentation (or rather, the lack of it) can be an issue too. I am in favour of open source personally, but the same as most things it has its limitations. These are usually far outwieghed by the benefits though