> You compared the situations of programmers using > COM vs, those using Cobol in the manner that these > people who do use this one technology are suddenly > going to find themselves out of work. I felt the > comparison you portrayed was invalid because it > was an "apples-to-oranges" comparison and tried > to explain why I thought so.
I never said they found themselves suddenly out of work. > My final paragraph about Bill Gates and hair and > MS going out of business is a stereotype of the > kind of thinking that pervades about any technology > community that is non-MS (this community being one > of them). The original article that started this > conversation was kind of alarmist, don't you think? > It's a "Chicken Little" episode - look out, the > sky is falling when in fact it's not more than > a little rain. I didn't read the whole thing... I do think the subject of the thread is a little over the top -- but I do think they have reasons to express concern. > I guess I get a lot tired of the whole Microsoft > vs Everybody else debate (which has its place) and > the endless conjectures that because MS did so and > so, that means it's over for that group of people > over there but this group of people become the > ruling class until MS makes another paradigm shift > or that MS is on its last leg because BG decided > to buy a BMW instead of a Rolls Royce. heh... I'm certainly not big into the debate about the good or bad of Microsoft... They're a multinational corp. and therefore fundamentally evil, although not for the reasons aspoused by Unix zealots. :P All kidding asside, yes people on both sides of that fence are often rather over the top -- I just accept it as a religious affiliation that "colors" what are often legitimate underlying concerns. > The Linux users I know (and we have one classic example > who works right across from me) are endlessly spouting > off this kind of nonsense. Yeah, I could see how having a zealot in the cubicle oposite you could become really tiresome. :) > I guess I come across as a Microsoft defender, and > to some extent I am, having spent a year there > recently, but the hysteria about nothing is > neverending and I'm so sick of it. I'll accept that. Sorry if I came across badly... I think my own composure is a bit tattered today. s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159341 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
