RE: LINUX is the "one" ? .... Comments???

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| [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jay Maynard
| Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 3:37 AM
| To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
| Subject: Re: LINUX is the "one" ? .... Comments???
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| On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 11:52:43PM -0500, Steve Richter wrote:
| > Was Visual Basic innovative?
|
| No. IDEs predate the PC.

Well, as I said, these points are not so easy to rate on a scale of 1 to 10.
The ability to allow near-morons (like m'self) to create Windoze apps with a
little scripting..?  I thought that was innovative.  (Others probably did it
first, but VB gave hundreds of THOUSANDS of semi-programmers the ability to
create apps...  A double-edge sword, 'course.)


| As a monopolistic tactic, designed to destroy what M$ saw as competition.
| This is not opinion; it's documented fact, proven in court (and
| affirmed by
| the appeals court).

Fact and reality sometimes being two different things...;-D  Meaning, when
the DOJ capitulated (and what judge is REALLY gonna be able to decide such a
technical issue based on the merits) the monopoly is essentially still in
place, as far as I know.


| I'm no "free software" zealot, but I've sent M$ my last dollar.
| The last two
| computers I purchased were Macs.

How hard was it to adjust to, Jay...?!?  What do You use for spreadsheets
and WP...???