On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 09:01:32AM -0600, John Hiemenz wrote: > >Just noting a (unusually high) number of linux articles in the latest >Computerworld. > >http://www.computerworld.com/itresources/rcheadlines > >I generally agree with the articles Nicholas Petreley writes, but this week >he makes exceptional sense.
Are you talking about the article on Microsoft DLL problems? What's surprising about that? IBM was an early adopter of creating needlessly complex software to lock people into their main frames. When people figured out bisync -- bad enough in its own right, they introduced SNA to make it even more difficult for outside vendors to communicate with IBM gear. Microsoft has just carried this a bit further. Even IBM didn't use different calling parameters and return codes for the same system calls depending on the software release and patch level. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``The children who know how to think for themselves spoil the harmony of the collective society that is coming, where everyone would be interdependent.'' 1899 John Dewey, educational philosopher, proponent of modern public schools. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
