Gunnar, Your comments make a lot of sense. I have a book at home on software development (Can't remember the name of it right now) that is very eloquent in just the points you make. It speaks to writing code that makes the task easier for the user. It warns against using all the doodads and technology just because it's cool - of course we all do this sometimes..... BC
Atrix How come you know it all and I only suspected it. Besides I just made a new sidewalk at my summerhouse that way my grandchildren walks the way I want! (Sometimes!) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Atrix Wolfe Sent: den 25 juli 2003 19:25 To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Off topic someone wrote this in an email to me and i think it applies to your comment: -------------- after wwII and before he became presidenct, dwight eisenhower was the president of columbia university. one day the groundskeeper came to him complaining that the students refused to walk on the sidewalks he had placed. eisenhower's response was... "put the sidewalks where they walk" ------------ I think similarly, often times Microsoft makes their stuff unnecesarily complicated and puts out software that they think is how things should be (forcing users to conform to the software instead of making software that is useful to users) or make software to further their own agendas (breaking standards so their momentum causes their standard to be the new standard, making everyone else have to relearn their stuff and if the old standard made more intuitive sense or was more powerful than the new one, this does everyone a disservice). So i take pride in the fact that as a software developer, i know as little as possible about microsoft's crap du jour (most things completely change about every 2-4 years anyways) and dont think that someone being unable to use poorly designed, unintuitive software means that they suck, but that a company large enough to make any software they want and force it upon the world sucks for not making it more useful without us having to bend over backwards to use it. im sure lots of people disagree though (: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 12:05 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Off topic So, because you are a simpleton and unable to use advanced software; Microsoft software sucks? Isn't it you who sucks? (nothing personal by that statement) Eric Peterson IT Manager QMI Security Solutions -----Original Message----- From: Bob Castanaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:56 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Off topic C'mon, Mike - you've got to remember that you are a VB guru, miles ahead of many of us, and continents ahead of an average user. Some of us are just simpletons wanting to put out a decent document as easy as possible without a six month learning curve..... BC
