ah yes, the old business paradym "here's your replacement, please train him.. (or more recently: her)" I saw that many times in my decade as a network engineer. That's why I had two notebooks: the one I used to keep things up and running, and the one I handed over to my replacement.. oh what I'd give to be a fly on the wall after I left ;-).
..and every time I look at those alternative to .NET services, it dissuades me from making the investment in .NET. I'll wait until it's reached the level of D5. thanks for the thoughtful commentary. You've redeemed yourself for having such pure genes (I occasionally suffer from that also :-). DJS --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "The japs would have kept you on retainer knowing a > valuable asset/investment > when they see one.. " > > They would have... > Unfortunately, the nephew of the president/owner and > the son of the big Sell > Manager over the North America have had just > graduated the university as > computer gurus. Should I say more? > > C# has the same power as Delphi/Pascal, however, > Delphi is also an IDE, while > C# is not! OK - Visual Studio .Net is an IDE, but in > spite of all > advertisements, I'm missing hardly the power of > Delphi's IDE; and its help (on > version 5: that help was always giving me the right > explanation and the right > example, ready to be cut-n-paste in my programs to > finish them in no time. I > can seldom rely on the help of .Net - but the web is > there...) > Aside from C# there is also VB.Net (and some other > unimportant languages as C++ > or J#) with the same power, same functions and same > classes. > Working in C# (or whatever .Net language) moves you > at fast speed toward the > web (aspx pages or web services) and there you'll > meat lot of alternative > technologies, starting with JavaScript and ending > with documentations and > example on Java, PHP etc. In conclusion is a very > nice, challenging mess. > > Horia > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > David Smith > Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 11:20 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [delphi-en] Calculate South Africa > Public Holidays? > > > > Thanks for the candid opinion on .Net. I've been > wondering what it's like. I was motivated to look at > C# thinking that it was just like Delphi (but maybe > not?) but has a future.. > > As far as working, I'm concentrating on being a > shareware author as it is the most satisfying (only > ignorant general public is my boss ;-). You sound > like > a good programmer who efficiently programmed > yourself > out of a job.. just proves once again that "nice > guys > finish last" in our pathetic, shortsighted culture. > The japs would have kept you on retainer knowing a > valuable asset/investment when they see one.. > > Thank you for admitting that there is a secret > history of Rome.. as I said, the Pope owns the land > that Washington D.C. sits on.. it is a "tangled web > we > weave".. > > DJS > > ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! for Good Donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/cd_AJB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/i7folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----------------------------------------------------- Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
