On 9/14/07, Paul G. Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-09-14 at 01:14 -0700, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > > Paul G. Allen wrote: > > > > > So far, I have not been able to get Visual Studio Standard 2005 (VS) > to > > > install properly, repair, or un-install (Note: I'm using W2K). > > ^^^ > > > > BWHAHAHAHA ... <sniff> ... Oh, you're such a card. Expecting a > > Microsoft product to work on anything other than the latest OS when it > > was released. > > I never really thought it would work, and if it does, I doubt it will > work well. One reason I stopped developing on Windows was the trouble I > always had with the IDE and OS. Other IDEs and C/C++ compilers I've had > no trouble with, but the M$ stuff have always had issues. I've found > that most people, when they tell me they've never had problems, have > really only learned to ignore the problems and deal with tham as part of > doing business using M$ products. > > > > > Seriously, though ... One word: > > > > VMWare > > > > Spend the money. > Not my money. It's company money, and they won't approve. It's going to > be tough enough to keep my Linux box. The new computer with XP on it > will be here today (even though I hate XP, I'm stuck with it.)
You don't have to spend money, you can user VMware server. That's what I use for dev work, sysadmin and DBA. I keep several spare VMs with CentOS, W2K-2003 Server and everything in between. Can't imagine living without it these days, it really makes setting up a test environment a snap. > If you are doing serious Windows development, there is > > really nothing better than being able to fire up a clean OS, take a > > snapshot, do an install, try things out, revert to the snap, install > > slightly differently and eventually just blow it all away and start from > > scratch in a few seconds. > > > > You can play around with a gazillion different configurations to figure > > out what's going on before you commit to actually doing stuff on your > > main machines. > > If only more PHBs in more companies would listen to the people they hire > for the jobs they hire them for. > > PGA > -- > The information contained in this e-mail message is confidential, > intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above. If > the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient, or the employee > or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are > hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying > of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > e-mail in error, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Paul G. Allen > Software Engineer BSIT/SE > Quake Global, Inc. > 858-277-7290 x285 > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- Mark Schoonover, CMDBA [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://marksitblog.blogspot.com Cell: 619-368-0099 Database Administration * System Engineering * Software Development * -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
