> Because SQL Server 2000 is pretty much the best >database around for the price.
Well, yes, except it's pretty inefficient, not quite reliable, having tons of obsolete semantics, and a piece of rubbish instead of PL. Oh, it's also pretty slow more often than not. Bar that... Yes, it rocks, I suppose. As for the price...
... but new ffdshow has been released quite recently (I got it only 2 days ago). Now VFW interface and audio decoding(!) are included. I have already got used to volume normalizing (yahoo!!!:-)
>.NET is designed to be and sold as a "cross > platform" solution
I said it many times everywhere, but one more time: it is designed to be cross-CPU solution, one platform - MS Windows. MS tried to have cross-CPU Windows with 3.51 (or even 4.0 - don't quite remember) but no-one packaged their software for anything else but x86. With.NET, Windows AND its apps (they hope) would be able to run on x86, x86-64, Itanic, and whatelse.
C# is cool and.NET is promising? Well - any language with compile-time bindings is not "cool" for me anymore. (Especially since it has no multiple inh.) As.NET - it is basically a mixture of Delphi and Java and if you used them you know that they both have fundamental, serious limitations. EG: it may be quite a PITA when you realise how different "simple" comboboxes and "DB-aware" comboboxes in Delphi are! (they happen to be on different TWinControl branches). As opposed - in SmallTalk OOP kind of languages (ObjC and the host of "scripting" languages - Python being the boldest) - if your object understands a "write" method for example you may use it roughly anywhere you need "output stream". As it stands -.NET will soon have the same "concepts pile up" as more mature environments have today (said Delphi and Java). Yes, method calls in ObjC may be 1.5-2x slower than in C++ but that's very little price to pay for much better flexibility (and simplicity). Come on - we have multi-GHz CPUs now!
I wonder how much of all digital cameras sold worldwide are sold in US? How much of those sold outside US are Kodaks? Also - who really makes Kodak digicams?
How much is juice carton worth? Well, without the juice. MSWindows is just an OS, and rather shallow for that. I have to install several dozens third-party packages on it for it to become somewhat useful for me. True - these said packages quite often work only on this particular OS (I would estimate that is 40-50% of s/w I regularly use, bar games). But still - how can I say that Windows is worth so and so when it's totally useless without additional measures.
PS: note I said nothing (good or bad) about Linux distros there;)
Connection times are _vastly_ improved now (well, they are virtually instantaneous now, much like w/ MySQL). About interface: try IBExpert - it kicks ass compared with other vendors' included tools (Windows only though).
I use memtest86 quite a lot (well, sometimes we are all asked to "look at a computer", you know...). I think it's one _great_ piece of diag software. But I knew nothing about memtest86+! (I thought memtest86 got frozen). Quite informative for me - gonna try that home tonight.
You mean you've never had a crash of more-or-less complex X-win app on OpenBSD? As my ex-ex-boss used to say: "if the app you work with crash you don't care whether app crashed or OS crashed" (well it's true for most regular users anyway).
I mean apparently some level of pressure from dotnet does show up... And that's good I think. Not that I like either of Java or C#... Both look too restrictive (without real benefits) and kinda old to me. I'm leaning more and more to move all the stuff I do to Python (i.e. where I may decide what to do it in, sigh). Slick, reliable, and just very nice to work with.
Bah, Pravda! Man, you can select your sources;) It's like - "I've read on that on one american guy's page how all Americans like to....", it must be true then....
Binaries? Obviously you are talking about Windows here. You do know though that all the Windows binaries in 2-3 years time are supposed to be.NET binaries, right? (FWIW) Then - there is really not much a difference what CPU version you have in there. I'm very wary for that but I'm not quite sure it's a bad thing (for Windows).
What's funny that _even_ with all these super-duper security-focus, auto-update etc... technologies a Windows server is not the one to leave and forget about it and sleep well. OTOH - any semi-knowledgeable IT guy can (IMO) setup a UNIX (EG: Linux) server that will _work_ for months and no-one would even know it's there. I think that the problem mostly is not how to "protect your stuff from malicious hax0rs" but rather how to make it all work given your average users. Windows sucks there. Like no (easy) automation even for trivial tasks. Like "locked" files all the way. And yes - file sharing and VBA in Excel is not the answer whatever your boss thinks.
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> Because SQL Server 2000 is pretty much the best
>database around for the price.
Well, yes, except it's pretty inefficient, not quite reliable, having tons of obsolete semantics, and a piece of rubbish instead of PL. Oh, it's also pretty slow more often than not. Bar that... Yes, it rocks, I suppose. As for the price...
Uhm, _what_ desktop? ;)
... but new ffdshow has been released quite recently (I got it only 2 days ago). Now VFW interface and audio decoding(!) are included. I have already got used to volume normalizing (yahoo!!! :-)
> .NET is designed to be and sold as a "cross
.NET, Windows AND its apps (they hope) would be able to run on x86, x86-64, Itanic, and whatelse.
> platform" solution
I said it many times everywhere, but one more time: it is designed to be cross-CPU solution, one platform - MS Windows. MS tried to have cross-CPU Windows with 3.51 (or even 4.0 - don't quite remember) but no-one packaged their software for anything else but x86. With
C# is cool and .NET is promising? Well - any language with compile-time bindings is not "cool" for me anymore. (Especially since it has no multiple inh.) As .NET - it is basically a mixture of Delphi and Java and if you used them you know that they both have fundamental, serious limitations. EG: it may be quite a PITA when you realise how different "simple" comboboxes and "DB-aware" comboboxes in Delphi are! (they happen to be on different TWinControl branches). .NET will soon have the same "concepts pile up" as more mature environments have today (said Delphi and Java).
As opposed - in SmallTalk OOP kind of languages (ObjC and the host of "scripting" languages - Python being the boldest) - if your object understands a "write" method for example you may use it roughly anywhere you need "output stream".
As it stands -
Yes, method calls in ObjC may be 1.5-2x slower than in C++ but that's very little price to pay for much better flexibility (and simplicity). Come on - we have multi-GHz CPUs now!
I wonder how much of all digital cameras sold worldwide are sold in US? How much of those sold outside US are Kodaks? Also - who really makes Kodak digicams?
How much is juice carton worth? Well, without the juice.
;)
MSWindows is just an OS, and rather shallow for that. I have to install several dozens third-party packages on it for it to become somewhat useful for me. True - these said packages quite often work only on this particular OS (I would estimate that is 40-50% of s/w I regularly use, bar games). But still - how can I say that Windows is worth so and so when it's totally useless without additional measures.
PS: note I said nothing (good or bad) about Linux distros there
Connection times are _vastly_ improved now (well, they are virtually instantaneous now, much like w/ MySQL). About interface: try IBExpert - it kicks ass compared with other vendors' included tools (Windows only though).
>Just kind of curious if anyone would care at all if
;)
>there hadn't been the big stink with the name
>conflicts.
Yes. Many people would care ("People who know...")
>I mean, has anyone used this database?
Sure. Or do you believe that all people are programming in C++ and use Oracle?
>Is it really of any note that v1.5 is out?
Well, considering that RC's were _very_ stable, probably not. Nice to know though.
Will the Google's mail service have "I feel lucky" button instead of the "To:" field?
I use memtest86 quite a lot (well, sometimes we are all asked to "look at a computer", you know...). I think it's one _great_ piece of diag software. But I knew nothing about memtest86+! (I thought memtest86 got frozen). Quite informative for me - gonna try that home tonight.
I guess they should rename now PCI-X to "PCI-Express High Speed" to avoid confusion ;)
You mean you've never had a crash of more-or-less complex X-win app on OpenBSD? As my ex-ex-boss used to say: "if the app you work with crash you don't care whether app crashed or OS crashed" (well it's true for most regular users anyway).
Mozilla W. Lite?
I mean apparently some level of pressure from dotnet does show up... And that's good I think. Not that I like either of Java or C#... Both look too restrictive (without real benefits) and kinda old to me. I'm leaning more and more to move all the stuff I do to Python (i.e. where I may decide what to do it in, sigh). Slick, reliable, and just very nice to work with.
Bah, Pravda! Man, you can select your sources ;) It's like - "I've read on that on one american guy's page how all Americans like to ....", it must be true then....
ren shit.exe shit.zip
start shit.zip
You may have expected WinZip (or whatever) to be opened? You did not expect shit.zip to be launched as executable!!! Did you?
And Times, 14 uses more toner when printed! Another hit on taxpayers!
Yep, if you pay them $700 now they'll give you $1 change.
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Binaries? Obviously you are talking about Windows here. You do know though that all the Windows binaries in 2-3 years time are supposed to be .NET binaries, right? (FWIW)
Then - there is really not much a difference what CPU version you have in there.
I'm very wary for that but I'm not quite sure it's a bad thing (for Windows).
I guessed it would be "trial" version.
Kut it out, already!
Oh, dear... Adjust the law then! It's not hard to figure it out, right?
What's funny that _even_ with all these super-duper security-focus, auto-update etc... technologies a Windows server is not the one to leave and forget about it and sleep well. OTOH - any semi-knowledgeable IT guy can (IMO) setup a UNIX (EG: Linux) server that will _work_ for months and no-one would even know it's there. I think that the problem mostly is not how to "protect your stuff from malicious hax0rs" but rather how to make it all work given your average users. Windows sucks there. Like no (easy) automation even for trivial tasks. Like "locked" files all the way.
And yes - file sharing and VBA in Excel is not the answer whatever your boss thinks.