[BlueOnyx:00152] Re: Miva Merchant on BlueOnyx

[Michael Stauber]

Hi Chris,

> Has anybody run Miva on a BlueQuartz or BlueOnyx server?  Curious for
> any feedback...

I can only second what  Michael Aronoff said: Miva Merchant is "a blast from 
the past". If they have something that works on CentOS 5 or RHEL5, then it 
will run on BlueOnyx, too.

However, their shop has always been a very intransparent and proprietory mess, 
which binds you to whatever OS or server you're installing it on. It's not 
really portable. It doesn't even survive getting migrated through CMU, which 
is kinda hilarious.

There is a seemingly endless number of shopping cart solutions around. Some 
are free, some cost some money, others cost a fortune. Can't really make any 
recommendation there, as it all depends on the kind of business and what kind 
of features your client expects. 

But this may be the perfect time to possibly make the switch to something 
that's easier to maintain (and to migrate!) in the long haul.

-- 
With best regards

Michael Stauber