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2003-12-29 07:03:48 AM
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so what's next, .net or kylix ?
 

"TW" <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes news:XXXX@XXXXX.COM...
speculations in it are mere wishful thinking. And as most Delphi developers
are aware, free is not free when development costs are so inhibitive, and
what Delphi and .NET have brought to the table are huge productivity gains
that are not seen in most open source and Java initiatives.
-Trevor
 

Trevor de Koekkoek writes:
house development? What about those who simply "work" on their Office?
AFAIK it wasn't us developers whom the companies installed Windows for...
--
Ben
Mach es wie die Eieruhr - zähl die weichen Eier nur!
 

weigh the total cost and that is not just for in-house development, but also
for available software. I am not sure the situation is much different today
than it was a year or 2 ago as the article implies.
 

Trevor de Koekkoek writes:
gets a pretty decent setup even under Linux. And if the trend towards
web/java based applets continues I don't see really big white spots on the
Linux software map. This, of course, very much depends on the business
you're in.
--
Ben
 

"Trevor de Koekkoek" <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes
written by Redhat and SuSE. ;-)
Dave
 

Ben Hochstrasser [FF] writes:
[snip]
I agree that this on the surface looks fine, but then there's the
actual users. They don't like something new as it is different from what
they're used to.
Also from a managability standpoint, linux is a nightmare..
New patches are released on a daily basis.
If something gets messed up i put back a 'ghost' immage of the
harddrive.
It's much more time efficient to do it that way than to spend a lot of
time trying to figure out if it is a layer 8 issue or something else
that's f'd up..
Because i can do the same with MS products, and i don't get complaining
users that tell me they don't like the way things work differently the
choice is easy..
 

"Ben Hochstrasser [FF]" <bhoc@tiscali123^H^H^H.ch>writes
client setup. In which case, the user doesn't really know or care what OS
is running.
 

El Mon, 29 Dec 2003 04:26:42 -0700, Marco Caspers escribi?
try to use Linux like Windows you miss the point and really get a
nigthmarew?
Best regards.
German.
 

JQP writes:
maintenance a breeze.
--
Ben
 

Marco Caspers writes:
nightmare and programming difficult won't create much opportunities for
us programmers.
I wish we'd be a bit more open towards alternative operating systems and
saved some of the dotnet "feu sacr? for that field too. Ah, I see, it's
the famous and arrogand "not invented here" attitude that already cost
the IT industry so and so many jobs...good luck.
--
Ben
Mach es wie die Eieruhr - zähl die weichen Eier nur!
 

Ben Hochstrasser [FF] writes:
. . .
oh! you wrote, "diskless".
--
R.
 

"TW" <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes:
learn that there is nothing free in the World or Bill
Gates learn that monopoly makes people angry.
What serious and fast language can i use right know in Linux?
I prefer to pay for something and than have somebody to conplain
when something goes wrong.
When i first heard about Linux i thought it was going to be a
free and open source OS,maintened by MicroSoft competitors and
those users who were sick of being explored by Microsoft monopoly policy.
But the OS being free does not mean that someone would not
have to pay for a compiler a word processor and so on,and it
does not means that someone should not been paid to develop the OS too.
It only means that you don´t have to pay for The OS(the brain),
so the producers and consumers of the arms,legs and so on would
compete and consume in a more civilizated way.
But at least in Brazil,It seems that the concept is nobody
want to pay for the programs,only the service should be charged.
It is a foolish thing to say.
I´m not saying that this what´s happend to Kylix,For me Kylix
was conceptually wrong and bad implemented.
I would only consider about using Kylix if Borland had migrated
VCL TO Linux,if it doesn´t had bugs,if i had good quality third
part components,it´s better not to do something than do it for
the half.
Regards,
Marcello Dias
 

Marco Caspers writes:
Linux isn't actually that hard to manage- it is just a matter of
perspective. If you're skilled in maintaining Windows then Linux looks
a bit challenging... I have seen quite a few issues that could only be
resolved on Windows by a complete re-install as well!
 

JQP writes:
I'd also consider "thin client" to mean an exclusive MS Office user. If
you're only using MS Office then OpenOffice or StarOffice are fine
substitutes. So, if users are not using anything other than Office,
E-mail and Internet they are good candidates for a Linux solution. And
that's where Linux is going to start sneaking in... It already has done
for a lot of government installations.
Cheers,
Kevin.