[REBOL] Re: Smart Client
From: odycy:sympatico:ca at: 30-Sep-2003 15:11
Sorry, I got so carried away with my own rage against the Vole I forgot to
make my own point. Most of my Rebol problems on Windows went away when I
dropped the MS half of the equation and implemented a solution in REBOL or
Python or what-have-you. - Peter
On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:40:05 -0400, Odycy Server Administration
<[odycy--sympatico--ca]> wrote:
> 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
>
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