Mark Breen
marklbreen at gmail.com
Thu Feb 6 05:40:29 CST 2014
Hello Rocky good point about the music. I spoke to the kids orthodontist recently and mentioned to her that I had been working hard and enjoying my work for 25 years writing software. However, most of my work is no longer in use. I am not really sure if it ever makes anyone else's life better. She on the other hand changes peoples lives within six months and those changes last a lifetime. I still love my work, but it is a good thing because otherwise we could become disillusioned. It is particularly because of this trend, for technology to constantly change and become out of date that I do not believe in being on the bleeding edge. I am happy to work on what is a few years old, and then try to get 4 - 8 years from that technology. It reduces the burden of learning new stuff every 18 months. I know of a lady in Dublin that is doing Access development since the 90's. She never switched to VB, web, SQL Server etc. She happily develops app in Access. I believe that she is quite wealthy doing the same ol' same ol' for the last twenty years. No learning curve ever, and the work she does is so easy. Interesting business model. Have you posted any of your music for us to listen to ? Mark On 6 February 2014 00:27, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote: > That's why I gave up programming for music. The skills I've accumulated > over a lifetime are still relevant. Two, five, ten years from now those > skills will still be good. > > R > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 4:07 PM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] XP replacement? > > How does one write an OS? I feel so old and so out of the loop. Perhaps I > should just hang up my spurs and give it all up. Time was, I deemed myself > talented. Those times are long gone. O well. > > Arthur the Ancient > > > On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Hans-Christian Andersen < > hans.andersen at phulse.com> wrote: > > > There is ReactOS, but I haven't personally used it, so I can't say > > more than that: > > > > ReactOSR is a free open source operating system based on the best > > design principles found in the Windows NTR architecture (Windows > > versions such as Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 are built > > on Windows NT architecture). Written completely from scratch, ReactOS > > is not a Linux based system, and shares none of theUNIX architecture. > > > > The main goal of the ReactOSR project is to provide an operating > > system which is binary compatible with Windows. This will allow your > > WindowsR applications and drivers to run as they would on your Windows > system. > > Additionally, the look and feel of the Windows operating system is > > used, such that people accustomed to the familiar user interface of > > WindowsR would find using ReactOS straightforward. The ultimate goal > > of ReactOSR is to allow you to use it as alternative to WindowsR > > without the need to change software you are used to. > > > > ReactOS 0.3.15 is still in alpha stage, meaning it is not > > feature-complete and isrecommended only for evaluation and testing > purposes. > > > > > > > > - Hans > > > > > > > On Feb 5, 2014, at 11:02 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Peter: > > > > > > In reality, I tend to agree with you. My personal route is to go > > > Linux, > > Ubuntu Linux for that matter but there are many other distros that are > > just as easy to install and maintain...I would go so far as to say > > these products are easier to install and maintain than Windows...but > > being over > > 35 years in the business hardly makes me a user like "Joe Public" and > > so my normal is slightly skewed. > > > > > > The Linux route is terrifying for many, who have lived and learned > > > the > > Windows ways for over twenty years...to get a user to leave the world > > they have grown up in is almost impossible. OTOH, I am becoming more > > comfortable using Linux every day...I like fast internet, browsing, a > > decent Windows like GUI, Excel, Word, Power-point, all fully > > compatible...my versions are just named Libra Calc, Writer and > > Impress...and these products are hardly bleeding edge and are 100 > > percent compatible. > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Peter Brawley" <peter.brawley at earthlink.net> > > > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < > > dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 10:32:43 AM > > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] XP replacement? > > > > > >> On 2014-02-05 10:54 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > >> Hi All: > > >> > > >> ASUS is selling, what it calls the XP replacement. Is the world > > >> ready > > for Android (Linux) to replace Window? > > >> > > >> > > http://www.techrepublic.com/article/xp-replacement-179-asus-chromebox- > > is-most-powerful-chrome-device-to-date/#ftag=RSS56d97e7 > > > > > > If you're willing to pay usage fees for the rest of your life to the > > > server farm that implements your "cloud", sure, but most XP users, I > > > think, have a different set of requirements---fast networking > > > browsing & email and a decent Windows-like GUI with > > > Excel2000-fully-compatible spreadsheet, > > > PowerPoint2000-fully-compatible presentation software, and > > > Word2000-fully-compatible word processing. Thats the 31% or so of > > > current Windows users who still run XP, ie many millions who feel no > > > compulsion to be near the bleeding edge but are just trying to get > > > their 'puter work done with minimum fuss----a huge market for an > > > open source implementation of "Windows". What seems 'rilly odd to me is > that no *Nix OS vendor has yet produced what these people need. > > > > > > PB > > > > > > ----- > > > > > >> > > >> Jim > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> dba-Tech mailing list > > >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > _______________________________________________ > > > dba-Tech mailing list > > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > -- > Arthur > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >