Francisco Tapia
fhtapia at gmail.com
Fri Nov 19 00:57:35 CST 2004
In 1991, I was working at a government facility... I was on usegroups where I used a pine client to read all the junk that was available at the time on my x286 issued pc. you are right that it wasn't until 1993 or so where the internet was a glimpse of what it is today, but even way back when, I was looking up stuff on how to improve my Lotus 123 spreadsheets and incorporating wysiwyg (remember that!!) :D On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 13:11:45 -0500, John W. Colby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > I'm trying to peer through the fog of advancing age to the days of yore... I > remember using CompuServe back in the olden days but it really just looked > like a huge BBS system to me. File storage and some email / news group > thingies. Paying for long distance charges to hit the nearest access point, > then painfully downloading files at 9600 baud (300 and 1200 on my first > modems). If you want to call that the internet, then fine. I've had a > modem in (or on) every machine I have owned since 1981 or thereabouts, and I > know full well that "the internet" existed back in the day but whatever > existed in 1990 in no way, shape or form equates to what we call the > internet today. > > My grama would say "of course we had cars back in 1902, we had one". Yea > right! Yes, they existed, it had an engine and four wheels but a 10 year > old child from today would mostly look at and ask what it was. > > So "yea right", you were on the internet in 1990. > > On to more important things... > > >that being said, any machine that does not have the .net runtime and then > IS loaded w/ it, you'll notice a significant performance drop on the pc. > > I have never noticed this, though I haven't really looked for it either. > Why would that be true? It is my understanding that the .net framework is > not used at all unless some application calls it. Is something built into > Windows calling it? If so how does it function without it there to begin > with? > > > > John W. Colby > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: > http://folding.stanford.edu/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Francisco Tapia > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 12:43 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Access vs. .NET > > ROTFL > > I really got into Access "full time" in 1994 and there was no > > internet. > Of course there was an internet... in 1991 I WAS using the internet, but > granted, there was not nearly the amount of "resources" that there is now a > days. > > on the same token I love programming in Access, but I also have had a small > chance to begin using .Net, .Net is slow, you MUST load the .net runtimes on > your machine or destination machines that do not have your version of .net > (remember that hassel back in the days w/ VB apps, making sure you had the > right runtime?) It continues w/ .NET XP is deployed w/ .Net 1, but w/ .Net > 2003, ie 1.1 you must Upgrade the target machines if they are going to run > effeciently. Windows 2000 does not have the .net runtimes by default, so > you must remember to include the 40mb runtime in your distribution. > > that being said, any machine that does not have the .net runtime and then IS > loaded w/ it, you'll notice a significant performance drop on the pc. > things that took a fraction of a second to load, now take a second or two > while the screen re-draws... etc, etc, etc. > > the problem w/ Access applications is that you MUST deploy the 40mb+ runtime > along with your application if your customer is not already running access. > Access tends to be a network pig, if you running a networked FE/BE > deployment. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- -Francisco http://pcthis.blogspot.com | PC news with out the jargon!