[dba-Tech] A petition for the development of unmanaged VBandVBA...

> at login user guest password guest
Marty,

I did try to login - it worked OK! :)

Shamil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MartyConnelly" <martyconnelly at shaw.ca>
To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues"
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Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] A petition for the development of unmanaged
VBandVBA...


> You think I am kidding about my own Cray
> Well it is just Cray Y-MP EL
> To get in
>
> telnet login.cray-cyber.org
>
> at login user guest password guest
>
> For more info
> http://www.cray-cyber.org/access/index.php
>
> Shamil Salakhetdinov wrote:
>
> >FYI:
> >
> >Microsft May Be Hitting a Complaince Wall Here
> >Undoubtedly the reason VB.NET is so unlike VB6 is that a no-going-back
> >incompatibility is essential to the .NET strategy, for it is a strategy
> >having no compelling reason to exist except to compel a forced march to
> >rentalware.
>
>http://news.com.com/5208-1007-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=5447&messageID=3348
7&start=-191
> >
> >Microsoft walks VB tight rope
> >Facing protests from legions of Visual Basic developers, Microsoft is not
> >backing down. But it is taking steps to keep them on friendly terms.
> >http://news.com.com/2100-1007-5620821.html?tag=yt
> >
> >"In short, by using VB6, you conciously  subscribed to the Microsoft
> >business plan that
> >obsolteted it. Microsoft never led you to believe they wouldn't change
> >things around on
> >you or force you to port your code. Historically, this has happened many
> >times
> >before and there's financial incentives to do it. The developer is wrong
to
> >whine, and
> >Microsoft's right to ignore them. "
> >
> >Shamil
> >--
> >Web: http://smsconsulting.spb.ru/shamil_s
> >
> ><<< tail skipped >>>
> >
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> -- 
> Marty Connelly
> Victoria, B.C.
> Canada
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