so basically regardless of whether it already exists or not just keep trying to improve the stuff i have untill such time... and if it is somewhat the same as someone elses then it doesnt matter then...?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Manuel Lemos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 1:49 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] PHP Programming Innovation Award > Hello, > > On 04/15/2004 01:54 AM, Andy B wrote: > > one question though.... how can you tell if a class or package you are > > writting or want to attempt to write has ever been created before?? > > 99.99999% of the time anything i ever thought of for classes/packages to > > write are either too simple or the idea has already been created before... > > > > i.e. i want to make something different but dont know how to start with it i > > guess.... > > Although the idea of offering prizes to winners is compelling just by > itself, interested authors should not participate just because the award > was created and provides prizes to winners. > > There should be other reasons to partipate, like sharing the work that > you may have developed when you tried to solve your own development > problems using solutions that you found to solve those problems well > probably introducing innovative approaches. > > Contributions that qualify as innovative may be not absolutely original. > The approach itself may have original aspects, at least in the PHP world > or just considering what has been submitted to the site so far. > > Anyway, innovation does not come from your first attempts to solve your > current problems. Innovation often comes when you try to improve your > current solutions. > > Even if you do not have now a package to submit that may be considered > innovative, maybe if you continue perfecting your current solutions to > your own problems, maybe you will find innovating soon or later and then > you will be ready to submit something that may qualify to be nominated > to win the award. > > > -- > > Regards, > Manuel Lemos > > PHP Classes - Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP > http://www.phpclasses.org/ > > PHP Reviews - Reviews of PHP books and other products > http://www.phpclasses.org/reviews/ > > Metastorage - Data object relational mapping layer generator > http://www.meta-language.net/metastorage.html > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
