Re: New names

["Neil Palmer" <neilp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm sure in a previous life Bill Gates was P T Barnum.

Neil Palmer 





"Leif Svalgaard" <leif@leif.org>
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2001/01/29 17:17
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From: <jpcarr@TREDEGAR.COM>
> >Excel was first written for Mac, then ported to Windoze,
> >1-2-3 was first written for CP/M, then ported to IBM/PC
> Leif,   GOOOD POINT.
> Then (From another post)   Excel and 1-2-3  are LEGACY systems?

well, according to M$, today's java applications are legacy systems.
This is a quote from today's microsoft.com site (yes, they are up):

"JUMP to .NET gives customers a number of paths for migrating 
their Java language investments to the .NET platform"

"migrating ... investments to" is a phrase normally used 
with legacy applications.



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