I don't know who he is, but I hope he is welcome to express his opinions on
any thread STARTED in this group without attracting a flamethrower. I
believe this thread has pretty much run its' course.
mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Eyring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 7:41 AM
Subject: RE: IF VB IS SO GOOD WHY ARE YOU USING RBASE!
> Who is this guy ? A shill for Microsoft ? He's got to be the most naive
guy
> on the planet. I suggest that he get informed fast or he'll be surfer dude
> real soon.
>
> If he doesn't contribute something intellegent to this list instead of
> pumping up Microsoft and spouting drivel about Cookies, he should find
> something better to do with his time, like soap box derby racing.
>
>
> Bill Eyring.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Crued @ Enteract
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 6:23 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: IF VB IS SO GOOD WHY ARE YOU USING RBASE!
>
>
> Could you please explain to me another reason to be in business other than
> to be "profit minded"? Are you out there doing all of your RBase work for
> charity? If so, I salute you as you are a better man than I.
>
> Explorer, Media Player, etc etc etc are all FREE FREE FREE. How can
> upgrading them line the pockets of MS. If anything, they're spending
> valuable development dollars to offer a free product to someone who is
> ungreatful and doesn't recognize the contribution Microsoft has made to
the
> entire computing industry.
>
> A cookie is not kept for the purpose of collecting personal information
for
> a company. A cookie contains information that allows a webserver to
> remember settings/info you entered at that site. If a cookie were to
store
> your information for a company, why would they store it on *your* machine?
>
> You say "the Microsoft bandwagon". Well, you yourself are riding a
> bandwagon called "the Microsoft hater bandwagon"
>
> Remember that RBase runs on Microsoft's operating systems...
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of RJ Hendrickson
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 1:14 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: IF VB IS SO GOOD WHY ARE YOU USING RBASE!
>
>
> 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
>
