The real trick of a great developer is to be smart enough to pick and
choose the best software out of the mass that's out there.
Occasionally MS comes up with something that works well enough(although I'm
hard put to think of more than one or two examples). My complaint is,
Bill, being profit-minded above all else, has to continually "upgrade" the
software such that the user is required to perpetually line the pockets of
MS if he wishes to continue using it, whether he needs the "upgrade" or
not. And I resent being badgered continually to upgrade Explorer, Windows
Media Player, etc., etc. on ad infinitum every time I open a program. I
imagine it's the same case with VB--they'd like you to believe that if you
don't upgrade to their vision of the future, you'll get left behind. I
say, if they can't offer something that's truly worthwhile, quit buggin' me!
Incidentally, the VB vs R:Base discussion has arisen quite a number of
times on this list; I have yet to hear any compelling examples of anything
VB can do for my business that can't be developed with R:Base quicker and
faster, other than some pretty graphics.
If you enjoy riding the MS bandwagon, try taking a look sometime in your
Cookies folder in Windows; then try to get rid of the mass of information
that they are gathering about you there. They aren't massing that
information just for the fun of it. Who would have thought 20 years ago
that "Big Brother" would turn out to be Bill instead of some gov't agency?
Just my 2 cents
RJ
At 09:03 AM 7/13/01, you wrote:
>I like this Readers Digest version, since I don't always have
>time to read long replies.
>
>But I know people who think seltzer is better than Pepsi!
>
>So, it's all a matter of taste.
>If you find an inexpensive wine, and you like it,
>who cares what anybody else thinks.
>
>Douglas Daily
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