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Re: Anyone used AutoPlay Menu Studio ?
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Thu, 11 Nov 1999 12:03:17 GMT
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On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 05:04:49 GMT, cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley)
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> Well, I like to get paid, so if I can do it, I give the people
> paying me what they want. If I didn't want to do it, I wouldn't
> agree to the job in the first place.
Are yopu saying that _all_ factors in a job are klnown to you
beforehand? I submit that it's damn hard to know, in advance, whether
or not your boss is a prick.. but that aside.
> Reminds me of a talk I had with a buddy who scoffed at me learning
> some VB/Access stuff to work on a project of my own (database-type
I'm sorry, did I sound scoffing? I didn't intend to be. If you like
doing things the Microsoft way, well, sure, more power to you. I'm not
entirely MS-free myself..
> program for students studying Latin vocab and teachers wanting to do
Marcus et Cornelia ambulant in horto. Subito, Cornelia clamat: "Marce!
Marce! Serpentem video!"...
Immortal words[1].
> drills/quizzes/tests) when I could "easily do it in Perl and if I
> wanted a GUI I could use Tck (or something)". Only problem is, I
Blah. I bet those teachers had a real _lot_ of linux boxen around, and
a few experienced unix admins, right?[2]
> _couldn't_ easily do it in Perl, I don't personally KNOW someone I
> can call at weird hours of the night who knows Perl, but I could do
> it and do know someone who knows VB and Access.
You have someone you can call at weird hours in the night for Access
problems? Cool.
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> Some people make lots of money doing things the non-MS way. I'm not
> one of them - may never be. But if I make lots of money doing
> things the MS way, it'll buy Lego all the same.
Until, of course, the court judgement comes in. Personally, I'd start
hedging my bets now rather than later. I don't see MS existing as the
market force it is now, say, 5 or 10 years from now.
Jasper
[1] First sentence of the first lesson of my high school latin.. I
used to be able to do the entire page from memory :)
[2] If your sarcasm meter doesn't read out, get it serviced.
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| (...) No, not all factors. But having an ISP that wants to market its service to a population that sees full-color graphics, snazzy websites, etc from the competition expect you to make something similar for them doesn't qualify as being a prick, (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Well, I like to get paid, so if I can do it, I give the people paying me what they want. If I didn't want to do it, I wouldn't agree to the job in the first place. Playing with Linux and Beos and other stuff for fun is cool, and if some people (...) (27 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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