The KurtWerks Tinfoil Hat

[Rick Sivernell]

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:48:59 +0000
almaw at comcast.net wrote:


> Since when has Good Ideas been the standard for sucessful products?  On of the
> nicest systems I ever programmed on was OS/2.  It had a clear, consistent API and
> everything worked.

  Here Here, well layed out, easily configuarable, an fast for a gui. The code api 
was well organized and broken into units. MS took much of this code for there gui and 
bunched a lot apis' routiens into single api code. This reallyu gave you less
control, but also less to remember. I liked developing OS2. Now IBM & OS2 was a
different story. They did not know how to market and get developers into their family.
To get started the development systems were very expensive, plus licensing, I bought 
so much of it.

> 
> FWIW, all the local web developers I know are either doing PHP or zope/plone, I
> only see ruby or python talked about in the press or here.

  I have looked at python and like that it is like C, zope/plone I know nothing yet.

> 
> I am not sure about NIH for programmers.  It is quite true that the overwhelming
> majority of programmers have english language skills in common, so english/american
> documentation is crucial to any widespread usage.  But, if the language makes
> programming easier, or violate the principle of the Conservation of Hair,
> programmers will flock to it.  OTOH, there is still lots of programming done in
> Cobol and Fortran.

  Cobol and Fortran, yuk. There is good money here if you are good at it and find the
work.
> 
> I need to pick up [V]HDL this semester, can anyone recomend a good manual or
> tutorial?

  [V]HDL, what is it ? Mainframe, hardware lang!

  There are just too much out there and everyday a new one shows up. All managers
tend to get caught up in buzz words after reading about something. Like popcorn,
jumping from one to another.

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Rick Sivernell
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