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From: bill@
Subject: Re: CompUSA New Policy
Date: 1999/02/27
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In article <7bagdq$kn9$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com
says...
>
 
>
>But without the corresponding component library, it is not
>clear that this means much. Typical VB programs make heavy
>use of components (and the component catalogts for Active
>X stuff are impressive these days!)
 
So, it seems the important thing is not the 'language', it is how big
the supporting libraries are, and how easy for the programmers to
build large apps using it and using its libraries? I am glad you
agree.

Any way. The whole active X, VB, COM, Windows world is dying. You might not
see it now, but wait 2-3 years. The new revolution in software is 
happening in the world of open source and the GNU/Linux/Apache and all 
of this will become the new platform where exciting things will be 
developed on (and hopefully Ada will be part of this). And when windows 
die, VB will die with it since that is only place it is used on.

See PC week feb 22 edition "Ballmer sounds alarm" where he himself said:
"if we don't do the right thing, we wont be in a great place three to 
four years from now" and where it talks about the problems MS is starting
to have. I guess people are finally waking up.

Other of Balmer quotes

- "We are in a position where we can be replaced".
- "We need to recommit to software engineering as a discipline". 
- "too much hassle" when speaking of Microsoft products.
- "We will get into what I'd call a vicious downward spiral" when
   warning about what might happen.

Bill