At 06:38 AM 6/12/2007 -0400, Mike yearwood wrote: >Honestly I feel I'm getting more frustrated with programming in >general. It seems all other industries have standards that prevent >chaotic advances in multiple directions simultaneously. Automotive, >electronics, carpentry, floor tiles, door knobs.
... Yep. And now MS is telling developers they where they can or cannot write data to the hard drive? Even if the access rights were set up accordingly? It's good that Federal agencies have banned Vista for now. Hopefully they'll realize what a waste it really is. Or maybe they'll be prompted to look to Linux where a company can't strong-arm you into paying for upgrades by dropping support for older versions (hmm... apart from patching security holes, has anyone on this list actually obtained successful results from MS support?) You're right, we have no standards enforcement in the computer industry. Or, perhaps it's only in a fledgling state. You'd think a professional organization like ACM would have grabbed the bull by the horns by now. W3C looks somewhat promising, but until they can get some muscle to actually penalize MS for not conforming to standards, their benefit (and any standards body's benefit) is marginal. ... >Programmers can't even get agreement on designs in even one language! Hmmm... Well, to bring this back to the topic of the original thread. The only sure sign you're getting dumber is if you continue down the MS "roadmap" (note: I've peaked ahead... the road ends at a brick wall <g>). -Charlie _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
