RE: E-Commerce

> Actually, this is incorrect.  

Ok then... let me rephrase my statement.

> A shopping cart is essentially 
> nothing more than an application intended to maintain state 
> between visits.  Without a cart, the user's purchase record 
> would be lost as soon as they clicked through to the next 
> page.  The cart is really just a history of items selected 
> for purchase.

Like I said, technically all you're doing with the 'cart' is storing
data. You can maintain state without the cart.

> A checkout interface can be part of the cart, but actually 
> marks the end of the cart's usefulness for maintaining state 
> and the beginning of a new stage of the transaction.

How about this the? I would view any _ecommerce system_ without a
checkout interface as incomplete. :}

Mike

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