Charlie Coleman <> wrote:
> At 06:12 AM 1/10/2007 -0600, Stephen the Cook wrote:
> ...
>
>>>
>>> what the on earth is desktop software development?
>>
>> Software that is designed to run on the local pc. WinForm vs Web in
>> .net speak.
>
> ...
>
> Or "smart" vs. "dumb" for in PHB-speak.
At 06:12 AM 1/10/2007 -0600, Stephen the Cook wrote:
...
> >
> > what the on earth is desktop software development?
>
>Software that is designed to run on the local pc. WinForm vs Web in .net
>speak.
...
Or "smart" vs. "dumb" for in PHB-speak.
;-)
-Charlie
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On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:28:37 -0500, "Hal Kaplan"
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> However could you please provide a
> definition for ...
>
> FIDDLINESS
Fiddly (Adjective) Awkward to do or use, requiring a degree of manual
dexterity
>
> FURTLE
>
Well, I used it in the South Yorkshire context of
Nor have to depend on your phone or cable company connection!!! (the
swine!)
Alan Bourke wrote:
>When you can develop an application from start to finish without having
>to ever worry about browser incompatibilities, the incredible fiddliness
>of AJAX and ever having to even see HTML code let a
eken all!
Dave Crozier
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=> Subject: RE: [NF] The end of desktop software developmen
=> Subject: RE: [NF] The end of desktop software development?
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=> When you can develop an application from start to finish
=> without having to ever worry about browser
=> incompatibilities, the incredible fiddliness of AJAX and
=> ever having to even see HTML code let
When you can develop an application from start to finish without having
to ever worry about browser incompatibilities, the incredible fiddliness
of AJAX and ever having to even see HTML code let alone furtle it by
hand, etc, etc, THAT'S when the traditional desktop app will die. Long
way off yet.
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,
'cuz that be where the sharks lurk...
Gil
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Man-wai CHANG wrote:
>> Accordingly to what a KPMG consultant told the company I was working for ten
>> years ago, the PC is dead and right now we all are using some sort of set
>> top box or thin client.
>>
>
> Oracle said that before, didn't it?
>
>
The term "grid computing" comes to mind
Man-wai CHANG <> wrote:
>> Accordingly to what a KPMG consultant told the company I was working
>> for ten years ago, the PC is dead and right now we all are using some
>> sort of set top box or thin client.
>
> Oracle said that before, didn't it?
Like IBM is today?
Stephen Russell
DBA / .Net D
> Accordingly to what a KPMG consultant told the company I was working for ten
> years ago, the PC is dead and right now we all are using some sort of set
> top box or thin client.
Oracle said that before, didn't it?
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> petty # pretty...unfortunately...
It does too often for my liking...
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On 1/10/07, Dave Crozier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Peter,
> You obviously also need:
>
> Set GoForVisionTest ON
>
> Before posting!
>
> Dave Crozier
Or more likely :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freudian_slip
A+
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Peter,
You obviously also need:
Set GoForVisionTest ON
Before posting!
Dave Crozier
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Accordingly to what a KPMG consultant told the company I was working for ten
years ago, the PC is dead and right now we all are using some sort of set
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Jean Laeremans wrote:
> petty # pretty...unfortunately...
>
>
Oops... should have
SET DYSLEXIA OFF
before sending
Peter
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petty # pretty...unfortunately...
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On 1/10/07, Peter Cushing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dave Crozier wrote:
> > You must miss the joy (not) of designing pretty user interfaces for petty
> > users who don't know their a*ses from their elbows.
> >
> Have you got any pretty users Dave? tell me more ;-)
>
> Peter
petty # pretty...un
Dave Crozier wrote:
> You must miss the joy (not) of designing pretty user interfaces for petty
> users who don't know their a*ses from their elbows.
>
Have you got any pretty users Dave? tell me more ;-)
Peter
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ss the joy (not) of designing pretty user interfaces for petty
users who don't know their a*ses from their elbows.
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Did he mean we are moving back to mainframe era, now called servers?
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Dave,
Out of interest 80 - 90%% of my Foxpro programs run in batch overnig
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About 90% of what all VFP development covers!
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Man-wai CHANG <> wrote:
>> His thesis, that rapid development, test-driven development, SOA,
>> scripting, and web-based updates are restricted to apps within the
>> browser is just missing the boat. He's confusing the implementation
>> with the architecture, imo.
>
> what the on earth is des
About 90% of what all VFP development covers!
Dave Crozier
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> His thesis, that ra
> His thesis, that rapid development, test-driven development, SOA,
> scripting, and web-based updates are restricted to apps within the
> browser is just missing the boat. He's confusing the implementation
> with the architecture, imo.
what the on earth is desktop software development?
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Ted Roche wrote:
> "Expect 2007 to mark the beginning of the end of desktop software
> development,"
>
> http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/01/08/02FEspendappdev_1.html
>
> or http://tinyurl.com/yj34qv
>
> His thesis, that rapid development, test-driven development, SOA,
> scripting, and web-base
"Expect 2007 to mark the beginning of the end of desktop software development,"
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/01/08/02FEspendappdev_1.html
or http://tinyurl.com/yj34qv
His thesis, that rapid development, test-driven development, SOA,
scripting, and web-based updates are restricted to apps
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