Well, that was true in the early days, but MS recruited some pretty illustrious names prior to shipping version 7.0 - this was considered very much a rewrite. See Euan Garden's blog for the detail.
Agreed: Celko's 'SQL for Smarties' rocks ! This guy knows what he's talking about. I've lost count of the number of times I've referred to that book. Yes, it ain't for beginners but it cuts the mustard when the PHBs are on your back....
You're missing the key difference: in all other cases there's a distinct difference between the OS and the (bundled) browser - you *may choose* to use what's there, or not. Have you tried reading MS help files in a browser other than IE recently ?
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Well, that was true in the early days, but MS recruited some pretty illustrious names prior to shipping version 7.0 - this was considered very much a rewrite. See Euan Garden's blog for the detail.
Agreed: Celko's 'SQL for Smarties' rocks ! This guy knows what he's talking about. I've lost count of the number of times I've referred to that book. Yes, it ain't for beginners but it cuts the mustard when the PHBs are on your back ....
You're missing the key difference: in all other cases there's a distinct difference between the OS and the (bundled) browser - you *may choose* to use what's there, or not. Have you tried reading MS help files in a browser other than IE recently ?
RH 8.0 / Suse 8.1 + StarOffice + Mozilla + decent editor - rock solid on my OmniBook 6000.
OS installation - smooth
Staroffice - handles all Office files I've been sent
Mozilla - no probs
etc
Cost = virtually nil.
Who uses FP anyway ? I *have* to use it and the # times it's mangled my code (right in front of my eyes) as I'm saving has left me raging.
Notepad's your best bet.