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Re: [TCLUG:3453] Bad news for MS
all i have to say is "thank you" this is exactly where effort needs to be
done. complaining about, or bashing any one industry player is a waste of
effort.. a simple "it works, but we do it better, and with advantages that
go beond simple cash" is all that is necessary
Thank You,
Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)
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On Sat, 16 Jan 1999, Vince Platt wrote:
> First of all, your message is coming through as a text attachment to me.
> I get the below message, and then I have to open the attachment
> separately. *shrug*
>
> Second, I must insist on spoiling your fun on the links you provided. The
> first piece is fiction called "Microsoft's Last Day" and the second is an
> article by Bruce McKinney (the author of two editions of _Hardcore Visual
> Basic_, stating how fed up with Visual Basic he is and how much he likes
> Delphi instead.
>
> The spoiler: they have nothing to do with the *reality* of Linux in the
> marketplace.
>
> The first piece is a particularly disgusting rambling faux-prediction of
> the downfall of Microsoft. It's potential to come true is completely
> pre-empted by precedents in the real world. Want an example: IBM. Want
> another: Ford. Yet another? Ok.. how about AT&T. All examples of 'evil
> monopolies' which made a practice of stomping all over the competition in
> unfair ways. Did they get their come-uppance: more or less. Did they go
> out of business because of it: far from it.
>
> The second piece is a considerably better explanation of why the author
> will no longer be writing about or using Visual Basic, despite the success
> of the previous two editions of _Hardcore Visual Basic_. He has some
> valid gripes and complaints about the language and has simply decided to
> move on. That's it though. Will the VB readership and users move en
> masse to another environment because of it? Unlikely.
>
> I'll stop here because I'm afraid I'll just get boring, but let's please
> focus on the positives of Linux instead of the negatives of Microsoft.
> What if, with all this mud throwing, we bring along to the open source
> world what we want to leave behind? Would we be any better off? I don't
> think we would.
>
> I left SCALUG out of this... I don't subscribe to their list and I don't
> think I should be firing stuff off to them without subscribing. Anyone
> else who feels it would be appropriate, feel free.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Troy Johnson <john1536@tc.umn.edu>
> To: SCALUG <scalug@kendeco.com>; TCLUG <tclug-list@listserv.real-time.com>
> Date: Saturday, January 16, 1999 2:17 PM
> Subject: [TCLUG:3453] Bad news for MS
>
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