Re: no Java in XP Windows

Chris,

You say ms does not innovate.  Here is an example of how they have.

Why was excel and word accepted in the office in favor of 123 and wp? Imo,
one of the primary reasons was because they enabled a programming language
to control excel word and access. Visual basic for applications was made the
macro language. COM was developed to enable automation from vc++.

About 8 yrs ago I wrote vb code in excel and appc code in c++ that provided
a real time connection between an excel spreadsheet with the as400 database.
As soon as a part# was entered in a cell, the desc of the part was retrieved
from the as400 and placed in an adjacent cell.

I doubt if I can do that in 123 even today.

I recognize excellence where ever I see it. Maybe if rochester allowed its
developers to make as much money as the ms developers do, we would get the
innovation we need on our platform that we will need in the yrs to come.

Steve Richter



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