RE: New names

[jpcarr@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

>Al --
>I develop software using Visual Basic; my software runs in the "Windows"
>environment.
>You would not believe how FAST things change in this world! Our software
>that runs in Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS), which has been running
for
>just over a year, is now legacy stuff! MTS is going away with the advent
of
>Microsoft's ".Net" initiative!
>Sheesh! Talk about walking on quicksand!
>- Don Schenck
>   Schenck Technical Consulting
>   DonS@SchenckTech.com / www.SchenckTech.com

I ran across a CL program that was last compiled from source in 1985.   The
object now runs on a 64bit machine.  Talk about investment protection.   I
wonder if MTS stuff will run on what ever Win machine is around in 10 years

John

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