[REBOL] Re: Smart Client
From: odycy:sympatico:ca at: 30-Sep-2003 14:40
Re: Maxim & Microsoft
I'm not so sure about XML being a) a Microsoft file format or b) that
parsing it is all that difficult, but I basically chucked MS for
development purposes about a year ago, and darn near went bankrupt as a
result. Here in Canada, if anything, imho blind allegiance to the Vole is
more mindless and pandemic than the US.
Fwiw, you can even get decent performance out of a Windows box by shutting
off IE, dumping the shell for Litestep or what-have-you. (I should point
out I only realized I was doing this to this particular machine after the
fact - it wasn't a plan, per se.) Once I dumped out Excel and Access and
generally eschewed all things Vole, I began to see what I think is the
ulitmate goal here, which is to get these little flat things on our desks
to do what we want instead of what Little Billy wants.
I've noticed a few emails lately which have asked about interfacing Rebol
with MS This, release n**4, and my experience building this strange little
computer says "find the simple solution at the cheapest cost" almost
always means dumping VoleBloat.
There's almost always a Rebol way, and doing it from the ground up in
Rebol has always taxed my aging mind less than tilting at the MS windmill.
There's still a ton more for me to learn, but I'm muddling through, with
your combined experiences to guide me. Thanks for that.
This machine is now dedicated to running a server for people with
addictions to use. It provides a useful free public service worldwide for
alcoholics and other substance abusers. By and large, it runs on an
inexpensive piece of hardware and it doesn't make the Vole a dime [sic].
It's not 100% REBOL, but there's a lot, plus Python and PHP on Apache.
Take heart, Maxim. My guess is the markets might yet take VoleSoft to
task. Folks here tend worry more about the economic effect of bursting
that bubble, but North America did survive the markets' belated
acknowledgment that we made crappy cars. Now I betcha there's the odd Merc
or Beemer in the Vole's staff parking lots.
Me, I was figuring maybe I should sue the Vole for exacerbating my own
addictions with the convoluted dross that Redmond passes off as
development software. Dang! It says I have to take responsibility for my
own addictions!
Peter
