MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Wed Jul 9 00:00:56 CDT 2003
For those of you with XP home who want to try out ASP.net on a free web Hosting site Just ftp upload your files through web matrix wizard.. It is for europeans only so you might want to register with a hotmail account. It is hosted in Russia. The last free site I was on went down so if you do any development ftp download your files regularly for backup. With ASP.net or VB.net you are going to have a lot of little files. http://europe.webmatrixhosting.net/Default.aspx Haslett, Andrew wrote: >1. Never said *you* bought XP Home, nor was referring to you in my comments. >2. Define the *huge* amount of functionality that XP Home doesn't have. >3. You seem to have a lot of knowledge on the product (XP) considering you >dont use it. >4. The reason Win2k Pro had all those features was because there was no >clear distinction in the home/server product lines at that stage. >5. Users who are not smart enought to work out where everything has 'moved' >to in XP can change the layout to classic 2K mode. >6. I was referring to other vendors operating systems when comparing >features, not Windows. > >Just sick of people bagging software to which they either have limited >amount of knowledge, have had a bad experience which warps there opinions or >are simply MS bashers. > >The fact remains it is the HOME version of a product. It shouldn't have >these features. The web server is a perfect example. The majority of users >will never use it. Worse still, some of them might turn it on by accident, >opening up a huge number of vulnerabilities. > >It would be great to buy the cheapest version of a product and get all the >features. Unfortunately, we live in the real world and thats not how >businesses operate. If I was the CEO of one of these business I should be >fired. > >(I can't believe my 'middle of the range' Holden Commodore doesn't have >SunRoof, Power Windows, Heated Mirrors & Seat Position Memory - the top >model does!) > >Regards, >Andrew > > >-----Original Message----- >From: John Colby [mailto:jcolby at colbyconsulting.com] >Sent: Wednesday, 9 July 2003 10:17 AM >To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: WinXP Personal > > >Take Win2K Professional, strip out 1/2 the functionality, add "pretty" >graphics, move everything around to a different position so it annoys the >hell out of previous windows users and looks different, and call it XP Home. > >I run Win2K Pro on my desktops, and Win2K Server on my server. I bought a >Toshiba laptop with Win98 in Ireland (thanks Mark Breen) and IMMEDIATELY >fdisked and installed Win2K Pro. This was November 1997. > >Where you get this "most stable version yet I cannot guess. And what, pray >tell, is this "amazing functionality"? Win2K is ROCK SOLID. The only time >I reboot is when I download bug fixes that require reboots. > >I didn't pay for the "extra features" with Win2K Pro. M$ stripped a huge >amount of functionality out when they created "Home". You end up with the >Win98 of the XP line - "sucky software for the ignorant". If that is what >you want, by all means buy it. > >Or just continue using Win2K? > >And I did NOT buy XP Home (and never will, thank you), and am not now >complaining that I can't develop web pages on it. I am simply pointing out >YET ANOTHER piece of missing functionality, in case some misguided person >should be contemplating their navel and trying to decide whether to buy XP >Home. DON'T DO IT! JUST SAY NO! ETC. ETC. > >John W. Colby >www.colbyconsulting.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Haslett, >Andrew >Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 8:06 PM >To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' >Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: WinXP Personal > > >CASSINI is the web server included with the matrix. > >I don't see why people are bagging XP Home. Why should it include all the >features of XP Pro.. Thats why its called PRO!! > >Its a product designed for the average 'HOME' user of which most would never >need to develop web pages. You can't base a product line on a majority. > >If people want extra features - pay for it! Its up to users to 'review' a >products features *before* buying it, so I've got no sympathy for people who >have purchased HOME and now complain about not having a web server. > >XP is the most stable version yet (barring Win2003) and has amazing >functionality compared to the other 'operating systems' available, yet it >receives much criticism of which *most* is undeserved. > >Cheers, >Andrew >** comfortably sitting on the optimistic side of pessimism ** :=) > > >_______________________________________________ >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ ******************** >This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may >contain information protected by law from disclosure. >If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender >immediately and delete this email from your system. >No warranty is given that this email or files, if attached to this >email, are free from computer viruses or other defects. 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