At 07:08 2001-07-22, John Koziol <[email protected]> wrote:
>This is my PERSONAL opinion:
Are you sure it is personal?
>I think xBase or VFP clones aren't out there to any great degree because the
>market wouldn't sustain them now as a startup. As to the old clones, Clipper
>died because of CA, not MS. dBase is in sorry shape because of
>Borland/Inprise. Neither company did a very good job evolving or promoting
>their products. As a developer, I was really sad to see Clipper, dbFast,
>Quicksilver, and dBase fade away.
Neither did Microsoft. What would be the result of a
properly-promoted xBASE?
>Look at the Mac market: MS has virtually no dev tools there, and do you see
>an xBase clone taking the MacOS by storm?
>
>Regarding IE....I think we're rapidly heading to a world where a browser and
>other net tools *are* an inextricable part of an operating system. What the
They are not. Firefox (the browser I use) is not an
inextricable part of Windows XP (the OS I use). Microsoft can put
lipstick on its pig all it wants, but I am not going to date
her. Sow what about you?
>government is saying is akin to GM not being allowed to sell you a radio
>with your new car.
It would be more like GM saying that not having a radio means
that your car will not work.
>Frankly, I'm more concerned with AOL-TimeWarner gobbling up everything in
>it's path. AOL has repeatedly proven itself to be atrocious in being
>sensitive to the needs of it's customers. Why aren't they under scrutiny?
Maybe they have apologists for their behaviour. You know,
someone like you, someone who uses words like "inextricable".
[snip]
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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