i use both NT server (for IIS, Cold Fusion, Oracle and MSSQL) and workstation (Visual Studio, Dev/2000, browsers, email etc) and in my experience it's pretty solid. Some work needs doing, of course, but stuff like MTS has really made NT usable for serious applications. And as a workstation, NT blows away nearly anything else i've used, ultras, rs6000, AXPs the works. Fast, stable, rich GUI, essential apps - it's great!
this is simply the chinese government attempting to destroy tibetan national identity. they had no universities before - because they didn't need them!
you've missed the point completely. the VB niche is 'short lifecycle GUI frontends to corporate databases' and it is very well suited this. i know you e1it3 l1Nu> h@x0r d00dz get a hardon from writing the most trivial apps in the most convoluted way, but that attitude cuts no ice in the real world.
it doesn't work like that, they believe in reincarnation, and that everyone will be a monk eventually. so the farmers support the monks, knowing that it will be their turn in the next life, or somesuch.
you've completely missed the point. many rad-developed apps only have a lifespan of a few weeks between brand new versions, they change rapidly as the market moves, as new queries and functions are required. these aren't shrink-wrapped apps, they're forms for data entry, reports and suchlike. VB is an ideal language for this sort of usage - you can ship incredibly quickly, and the programmers are freed to concentrate on business logic.
it's a corporation like any other. if you have a better product, let the market decide - but you choose to go whining to the government to loot and steal from honest citizens.
this is true, although there seems to be some sort of general feeling amongst the linux public that making money by selling software is evil, and since microsoft are the best at doing this, they are to be criticised at every step.
now, folk make a lot of noise which say that MS take away freedom of choice whereas the exact opposite is true - bill gates simply exercises his freedom more than most, and his success is the proof.
*sigh* it's impossible for any topic to come up on slashdot without some luser whining about microsoft. get a life!
i suspect the real reason is protectionism - india has the beginning of a powerful software industry, but for now they're heavily dependant on foreign business - this could be an attempt to change that.
see 'decline and fall' by ed yourdon for more in india.
no this is wonderful: there are huge barriers-to-entry on conventional patents on (say) industrial processes, huge capital is required, massive r&d, blah blah blah
but all you need to create a new algorithm is a brain, a bit of thought and even the most basic kit to play with. so this is one more blow for freedom!!!
by *DEFINITION* in a competition, the competitors must try to defeat one another.
otherwise it's not a competition at all!
the DOJ are punishing microsoft for being too successful, and the behest of jealous, incompetent competitors. It's the natural law of the jungle - win or die.
you think that taxpayers money should be spent of your idiot whining "shall we use KDE or Gnome today" bullshit while hospitals and schools are being closed for lack of cash?
err, loads of people i know hate programming too. basically, writing code is just data entry, or monkey work once you've been doing it for a few years. the interesting stuff is the design and analysis. and that's where the $$$ are too. you might dis VB programmers, but they are moving beyond mere code and into real development. saying that you want huge salaries for just writing code is like an artist wanting to spend the rest of their career mixing paint.
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they're not built for mainstream developers, tho' - i can't imagine someone writing business apps specifically for one of these...
i use both NT server (for IIS, Cold Fusion, Oracle and MSSQL) and workstation (Visual Studio, Dev/2000, browsers, email etc) and in my experience it's pretty solid. Some work needs doing, of course, but stuff like MTS has really made NT usable for serious applications. And as a workstation, NT blows away nearly anything else i've used, ultras, rs6000, AXPs the works. Fast, stable, rich GUI, essential apps - it's great!
this is simply the chinese government attempting to destroy tibetan national identity. they had no universities before - because they didn't need them!
of course they did - and netscape talked about making windows 'irrelevant'. that's what competition is about.
you've missed the point completely. the VB niche is 'short lifecycle GUI frontends to corporate databases' and it is very well suited this. i know you e1it3 l1Nu> h@x0r d00dz get a hardon from writing the most trivial apps in the most convoluted way, but that attitude cuts no ice in the real world.
kernel panic instead
err, but microsoft aren't a monopoly. the very fact that linux is gaining market share proves this.
it doesn't work like that, they believe in reincarnation, and that everyone will be a monk eventually. so the farmers support the monks, knowing that it will be their turn in the next life, or somesuch.
please try to stay vaguely on topic. and more childish ranting about microsoft is just plain boring.
he *bought*
can't you see that you are violating gates right to free trade with this lawsuit?
you *don't* have the right to buy whatever you want - only the right to buy what you are offered.
any claim that MS have taken away choice is sheer nonsense - linux is the proof.
you've completely missed the point. many rad-developed apps only have a lifespan of a few weeks between brand new versions, they change rapidly as the market moves, as new queries and functions are required. these aren't shrink-wrapped apps, they're forms for data entry, reports and suchlike. VB is an ideal language for this sort of usage - you can ship incredibly quickly, and the programmers are freed to concentrate on business logic.
it's a corporation like any other. if you have a better product, let the market decide - but you choose to go whining to the government to loot and steal from honest citizens.
sine when did linux? *everything* in linux is ripped off, there's not ONE SINGLE original idea - if there is, let me know.
this is true, although there seems to be some sort of general feeling amongst the linux public that making money by selling software is evil, and since microsoft are the best at doing this, they are to be criticised at every step.
now, folk make a lot of noise which say that MS take away freedom of choice whereas the exact opposite is true - bill gates simply exercises his freedom more than most, and his success is the proof.
microsoft's mission has always been "a computer on every desktop" and that's exactly what they've always tried to do.
*sigh* it's impossible for any topic to come up on slashdot without some luser whining about microsoft. get a life!
i suspect the real reason is protectionism - india has the beginning of a powerful software industry, but for now they're heavily dependant on foreign business - this could be an attempt to change that.
see 'decline and fall' by ed yourdon for more in india.
or call their parents...
please post proof of the allegation you make about gates, otherwise you're just another random bigot ranting.
no this is wonderful: there are huge barriers-to-entry on conventional patents on (say) industrial processes, huge capital is required, massive r&d, blah blah blah
but all you need to create a new algorithm is a brain, a bit of thought and even the most basic kit to play with. so this is one more blow for freedom!!!
by *DEFINITION* in a competition, the competitors must try to defeat one another.
otherwise it's not a competition at all!
the DOJ are punishing microsoft for being too successful, and the behest of jealous, incompetent competitors. It's the natural law of the jungle - win or die.
try to read this without bigotry:
http://microsoft.aynrand.org/
fucking left wing commie open source lusers
you think that taxpayers money should be spent of your idiot whining "shall we use KDE or Gnome today" bullshit while hospitals and schools are being closed for lack of cash?
you make me sick.
err, loads of people i know hate programming too. basically, writing code is just data entry, or monkey work once you've been doing it for a few years. the interesting stuff is the design and analysis. and that's where the $$$ are too. you might dis VB programmers, but they are moving beyond mere code and into real development. saying that you want huge salaries for just writing code is like an artist wanting to spend the rest of their career mixing paint.
ha ha ha, linux isn't even in the same league as real mission-critical OS's like NonStop or QNX. get a clue.