I think VB has been the single biggest downfall of Windows. I've worked on
computers for over 20 years and think this whole Microsoft bashing thing is
a big crock. I've had Linux crash and burn enough times to know that, while
maybe not as often as Windows (which IMHO is not nearly as often as most MS
bashers like to claim), when it does it is a whole lot messier to clean up
then a simple Windows BSOD. Granted, to run Linux in a "server" mode with
stable software it can't be beat. It will pretty much run forever without a
care, and that is it's biggest strength. But as a desktop environment it's
neither more stable nor more manageable.
Anyone who has been at this for a while (and MOST Linux enthusiast have,
because it is not an OS for the inexperienced) will remember cutting their
teeth on some form of BASIC. Of course, they will also remember quickly
learning that BASIC was not the development environment of serious
applications. So now there is a whole new generation of self proclaimed
"programmers" because they can hack out code in Visual Basic. And people
LOVE to download and clog up their system with this stuff... and as the
original post says, some people actually pay thousands of dollars for this
stuff! I won't begrudge Bill Gates his billions because he has enabled
thousands of buffoons to become self proclaimed "VB gurus". If anything I
envy the guy, I sure wish I was worth several billions right now without a
care in the world.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Canaday" <tuck@acer-access.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 7:13 PM
Subject: [SLUG] GGRRR (not really linux related)
>
> <rant>
>
> I'm *really* trying to keep my attitude about M$ under wraps. I work at a
> software company that sells a program that runs only on, you guessed it,
> Windows. I just got a copy of the source to this program today (under NDA,
of
> course) and the damn interface is written in VB 3!! This is a thousand
dollar
> app and that lazy ******* programmer didn't even have the decency to use
MFC
> so that the interface can be changed as the program evolves. The Visual
C++
> ide he used's environment is modeled after a Unix environment - proof can
be
> found by the simple use of make and quite a few matching command line
> switches which I bet at least 80% of those who code apps for Windows never
> even notice. This code is wrought with gotos and lacks even the least
> explanatory comments. I wanted to port this as it would fill a hole in
Linux
> that's not likely to be filled by anyone else any time soon, but to do
that,
> I'll have to rewrite 60% of it from scratch. I'm not even sure I can do it
> now. If the Windows developers write in a style anything like this, it's
> amazing they have not been sentenced to life in an oubliette, so they can
> stew over what wrongs they have commited against the software development
> community for all eternity.
>
> </rant>
>
> I think I'm ok now.
>
> Glen
>
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