ICLRPD

And, believe it or not, why I am looking into FreeBSD. For a while I was a genuine ABM (anything but Microsoft) goober. But now, (perhaps owing to age and a general disinterest in computers), I just want something that requires me to sit in front of a computer for the least amount of time possible.

About a four months ago, I put away my shingle and got "a real job". About two months in, the CIO listened to some IBM sales types (the CIO bleeds blue) who told him that Websphere was magic. So, now there's a big push to use Java and only Java. The thing I don't like about Java is that it requires me to spend entirely too much time doing things that I could easily do in far less time, and - as a bonus - have the things I do run much faster than bytecode. My attitude about Java would probably be different if I loved sitting in front of a PC with a text editor up - oh, and if I loved to type code and gave a rat's ass about "object purity". I don't. M$ .Net (apparently) runs in some fashion on FreeBSD, hence my interest in FreeBSD. The Middleware Group ( a Java training/consulting/evangelist organization ) themselves took 7 times as much code to do an app that .Net took. Given my disdain for typing code, FreeBSD looks like a logical choice. Sorry, but I just want to get my projects done in the least amount of time possible. And that means, regrettably, once again embracing the Beast.

Post #125,841 by lincoln 11/15/03 4:05:28 PM Reply	ICLRPD "BSD is for people who like the way Unix works; Linux is for people who hate Microsoft." lincoln "Windows XP has so many holes in its security that any reasonable user will conclude it was designed by the same German officer who created the prison compound in "Hogan's Heroes." - Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times [link\|http://users3.ev1.net/~bconnors/resume.htm\|VB/SQL resume] [link\|http://users3.ev1.net/~bconnors/tandem_resume.htm\|Tandem resume] [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]
Post #125,844 by deSitter 11/15/03 4:17:43 PM Reply	ROFL That's sort of true :) But Linux is UNIX enough for people who like the way UNIX works, too. -drl
Post #126,005 by mmoffitt 11/17/03 9:22:40 AM Reply	Xcellent. And, believe it or not, why I am looking into FreeBSD. For a while I was a genuine ABM (anything but Microsoft) goober. But now, (perhaps owing to age and a general disinterest in computers), I just want something that requires me to sit in front of a computer for the least amount of time possible. About a four months ago, I put away my shingle and got "a real job". About two months in, the CIO listened to some IBM sales types (the CIO bleeds blue) who told him that Websphere was magic. So, now there's a big push to use Java and only Java. The thing I don't like about Java is that it requires me to spend entirely too much time doing things that I could easily do in far less time, and - as a bonus - have the things I do run much faster than bytecode. My attitude about Java would probably be different if I loved sitting in front of a PC with a text editor up - oh, and if I loved to type code and gave a rat's ass about "object purity". I don't. M$ .Net (apparently) runs in some fashion on FreeBSD, hence my interest in FreeBSD. The Middleware Group ( a Java training/consulting/evangelist organization ) themselves took 7 times as much code to do an app that .Net took. Given my disdain for typing code, FreeBSD looks like a logical choice. Sorry, but I just want to get my projects done in the least amount of time possible. And that means, regrettably, once again embracing the Beast. bcnu, Mikem Java, Junk. Both start with a "J", both have four letters. Coincidence? I think not.
Post #126,006 by admin 11/17/03 9:24:11 AM 11/17/03 9:29:16 AM Reply	Hit the wrong button, ignore. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..." Edited by admin Nov. 17, 2003, 09:29:16 AM EST Expand All History
Post #126,009 by admin 11/17/03 9:29:10 AM Reply	OK, BIG hot button here... (new thread) Created as new thread #126008 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=126008\|OK, BIG hot button here...] Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #126,014 by FuManChu 11/17/03 9:49:17 AM Reply	Gotta push my drug. The thing I don't like about Java is that it requires me to spend entirely too much time doing things that I could easily do in far less time, and - as a bonus - have the things I do run much faster than bytecode. Python, that is. Benefits of bytecode without the "purity" overhead. I was one of the original authors of VB, and I wouldn't use VB for a text processing program. :-) Michael Geary, on comp.lang.python

Welcome to IWETHEY!