That and this is a general list, so leaning about other "big "sites using PHP as their language of choice is welcomed, and some of us who are trying to convince thier higherups that PHP is a valid/less expensive choice for a big ecommerce site.
--- Vincent Stoessel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Richard has given so much help on this list over the years > that even if it is a spam I don't mind. > Congrats Richard! > > Mike Eheler wrote: > > > I'm not sure what to make of this? Is it spam? Is it an acclaim? What is > > it? > > > > Mike > > > > Richard Lynch wrote: > > > >> As you may know, I run a tiny record label "No Genre" in Chicago. > >> > >> Ulele's "Seed" CD released last week on "No Genre" has been selected > >> as a Featured CD on the FRONT PAGE of http://cdbaby.com/ > >> > >> This is a HUGE DEAL in the independent music world! > >> > >> CDBaby is the 2nd-largest on-line retailer of music CDs, only behind > >> Amazon.com, and gets God knows how much traffic. > >> > >> Since 1996 when he started it to sell his own CDs and a few bands he > >> was friends with CDBaby has built up to: > >> > >> o 11,810 artists sell their CD at CD Baby. > >> o 149,538 CDs sold online to customers. > >> o $903,821.30 paid to artists. > >> > >> They get about 40 CDs *every* day, so it's a pretty big honor. > >> > >> Oh, did I mention this site and the "admin" site at http://cdbaby.net"; > >> and the "community" site at http://cdbaby.org are all *ENTIRELY* > >> PHP-based, and written by a musician who isn't really a programmer? > >> He picked PHP as the only language that didn't scare him away. > >> > >> Anyway, if you like music or just want to see how slick a PHP site > >> from a non-programmer can be, check out his sites. > >> > >> http://cdbaby.com/ulele/ > > > > > > > > > -- > Vincent Stoessel [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Java Linux Apache Mysql Php (JLAMP) Engineer > (301) 362-1750 Mobile (410) 419-8588 > AIM, MSN: xaymaca2020 , Yahoo Messenger: vks_jamaica > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ===== dan mccullough -------------------------------------------------------- "Theres no such thing as a problem unless the servers are on fire!" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
