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Post #138,137 by mmoffitt 1/27/04 2:21:36 PM Reply	Because it's easy. And the morons making the purchasing decisions are not the ones that have to stay late, often unpaid, to fix the damned problems. bcnu, Mikem I don't do third world languages. So no, I don't do Java.
Post #138,181 by tuberculosis 1/27/04 5:37:07 PM Reply	Easy to buy maybe - easy to use - Uh UH! "I believe that many of the systems we build today in Java would be better built in Smalltalk and Gemstone." -- Martin Fowler, JAOO 2003
Post #138,184 by mmoffitt 1/27/04 6:10:22 PM Reply	Easy as in "Nobody ever got fired for buying..." bcnu, Mikem I don't do third world languages. So no, I don't do Java.
Post #138,188 by inthane-chan 1/27/04 6:27:58 PM Reply	Hey, I got paid (overtime, too!) ;)
Post #138,208 by deSitter 1/27/04 8:13:19 PM Reply	In the end, we all lose You do realize that a lot of the bubble can be attributed to low-productivity Windows drones sucking up paychecks? It may seem funny but every time this happens we all lose credibility, deserved or not. -drl
Post #138,224 by inthane-chan 1/27/04 10:00:37 PM Reply	Yup, known.

Worms! Windows! Action! - (deSitter) - (18) - Jan. 27, 2004, 01:01:16 AM EST

And in other news.. - (Steve Lowe) - Jan. 27, 2004, 01:13:01 AM EST

So that's what it was - (jake123) - Jan. 27, 2004, 03:50:02 AM EST

Why do people run this stuff? - (tuberculosis) - (6) - Jan. 27, 2004, 09:40:21 AM EST

Because it's easy. - (mmoffitt) - (5) - Jan. 27, 2004, 02:21:36 PM EST

Easy to buy maybe - easy to use - Uh UH! -NT - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Jan. 27, 2004, 05:37:07 PM EST

Easy as in "Nobody ever got fired for buying..." -NT - (mmoffitt) - Jan. 27, 2004, 06:10:22 PM EST

Hey, I got paid (overtime, too!) ;) -NT - (inthane-chan) - (2) - Jan. 27, 2004, 06:27:58 PM EST

In the end, we all lose - (deSitter) - (1) - Jan. 27, 2004, 08:13:19 PM EST

Yup, known. -NT - (inthane-chan) - Jan. 27, 2004, 10:00:37 PM EST

I love these worms. - (Andrew Grygus) - (7) - Jan. 27, 2004, 08:08:35 PM EST

Good for the repair business - (orion) - (6) - Jan. 27, 2004, 11:10:42 PM EST

You'd be better off opening a dealership - (tuberculosis) - (5) - Jan. 28, 2004, 11:14:40 AM EST

Unfortunately, that's what they want. - (Steve Lowe) - (3) - Jan. 28, 2004, 11:19:27 AM EST

And as long as they have cash to pay . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Jan. 28, 2004, 01:06:07 PM EST

Re: And as long as they have cash to pay . . - (deSitter) - (1) - Jan. 28, 2004, 01:40:33 PM EST

I know that - (orion) - Jan. 28, 2004, 03:01:44 PM EST

I tried that in 1995 - 1997 - (orion) - Jan. 28, 2004, 03:06:04 PM EST

*yawn* -NT - (n3jja) - Jan. 28, 2004, 08:35:24 PM EST

Maybe this thing does have "macros".
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