From: "Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen" <tarjei@online.no>
Subject: Re: Java momentum slowing ?
Date: 1999/05/02
Date: 1999-05-02T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <372C00C6.D9AA6D72@online.no> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7ggi1v$p2i@drn.newsguy.com
Mike@spam_free wrote:
> Why why would any one choose windows, a flaky and closed OS,
> with licenses restrictions, and higher costs, over an open system
> like Unix for developing applications on is beyond my
> comprehension.
A reason is that people want to do real work. Only recently have good office
support application made their appearances on anything but PCs (Windows,
Mac). DDE, OLE (COM) and later ODBC are very good concepts which effectively
terminated the usefulness of any competing platform not doing the same. DDE,
OLE and ODBC made Windows _the_ integration platforms (crashes? yes, but it
_works_ ). This is what makes Windows an effective work platform even if the
implementation is not neccessarily efficient and stable.
There is also the "minor" point of the X/GUI people deciding that printing
was not important and had nothing to do with graphical user interfaces.
Calling those who decided that idiots would be cheritable.
I have talked to hardened Unix veterans and we pretty much agreed that for
real life office work Windows 3.0 on a 286 was more useful than any Unix
system. The key words are word prosessing, spreadsheet, presentation
graphics and printer drivers (not neccessarily in order of importance). For
later versions of Windows you can add access and its work alikes.
Greetings,
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Thread overview: 85+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-04-29 0:00 Java momentum slowing ? Jean-Marten Marchi
1999-04-29 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-04-29 0:00 ` x
[not found] ` <7gesv8$1bol@drn.newsguy.com>
1999-05-02 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-05-01 0:00 ` Mike
1999-05-02 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-05-02 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-05-02 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen [this message]
1999-05-03 0:00 ` dvdeug
1999-05-04 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
1999-05-04 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-05-05 0:00 ` Tarjei Tj�stheim Jensen
1999-05-05 0:00 ` bob
1999-05-05 0:00 ` David Starner
1999-05-03 0:00 ` Jean-Marten Marchi
1999-05-02 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-05-02 0:00 ` bob
1999-05-02 0:00 ` Mitch
1999-05-02 0:00 ` Tom
1999-05-02 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-05-04 0:00 ` Andrzej Lewandowski
1999-04-30 0:00 ` Tony Huynh
1999-04-30 0:00 ` Jean-Marten Marchi
[not found] ` <7gdlca$2j5l@drn.newsguy.com>
1999-05-02 0:00 ` Jean-Marten Marchi
1999-05-02 0:00 ` Bob
1999-05-03 0:00 ` Jean-Marten Marchi
1999-05-06 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-05-06 0:00 ` Matthew Whiting
1999-05-06 0:00 ` Renaming Ada (Re: Java momentum slowing ?) David Botton
1999-05-06 0:00 ` bob
1999-05-07 0:00 ` dennison
1999-05-07 0:00 ` Corey Ashford
1999-05-07 0:00 ` Ada2001
1999-05-07 0:00 ` dennison
1999-05-10 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-05-10 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-05-07 0:00 ` P.S. Norby
1999-05-07 0:00 ` carlislemc
1999-05-07 0:00 ` Ronald Cole
1999-05-07 0:00 ` Matthew Whiting
1999-05-10 0:00 ` Jean-Marten Marchi
1999-05-07 0:00 ` Java momentum slowing ? Bob Munck
1999-05-07 0:00 ` Martin C. Carlisle
1999-05-08 0:00 ` steve
1999-05-09 0:00 ` bill
1999-05-09 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-05-14 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
1999-05-09 0:00 ` Pascal F. Martin
1999-05-09 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-05-09 0:00 ` Pascal F. Martin
1999-05-09 0:00 ` bob
1999-05-09 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-05-10 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
1999-05-10 0:00 ` Rob
1999-05-10 0:00 ` Pascal F. Martin
1999-05-10 0:00 ` Florian Weimer
1999-05-10 0:00 ` Jean-Marten Marchi
1999-05-09 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-05-09 0:00 ` bill
1999-05-09 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-05-09 0:00 ` Steve
1999-05-10 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-05-11 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-05-11 0:00 ` bob
1999-05-12 0:00 ` Lance Kibblewhite
1999-05-12 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-05-12 0:00 ` Lance Kibblewhite
1999-05-12 0:00 ` Hyman Rosen
1999-05-12 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-05-12 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
1999-05-14 0:00 ` Jean-Marten Marchi
1999-05-14 0:00 ` [OT] " Clayton Weaver
1999-05-12 0:00 ` Dave
1999-05-13 0:00 ` Pat Rogers
1999-05-13 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-05-13 0:00 ` Simon Wright
1999-05-10 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
1999-05-10 0:00 ` Mitch
1999-05-10 0:00 ` Pascal Obry
1999-05-11 0:00 ` Jean-Marten Marchi
1999-05-10 0:00 ` Jean-Marten Marchi
1999-05-10 0:00 ` Jean-Marten Marchi
1999-05-10 0:00 ` Jean-Marten Marchi
1999-05-22 0:00 ` olefevre
1999-05-22 0:00 ` Bob
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