I like this Readers Digest version, since I don't always have
time to read long replies.
But I know people who think seltzer is better than Pepsi!
So, it's all a matter of taste.
If you find an inexpensive wine, and you like it,
who cares what anybody else thinks.
Douglas Daily
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On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Crued @ Enteract wrote:
> Too much here to read. Synopsis...
>
> 1) VB Rulz
> 2) If it weren't for VB we wouldn't have the quality of application
> development in MANY of the other languages today.
> 3) If it weren't for VB we wouldn't have the lack of quality of application
> developers we have today.
> 4) No reason you can't use RBase (Oterro) with VB.
> 5) .NET is a platform for the future, yes it's been done before, but now
> the theory will actually work with Microsoft behind it. By your notes, we
> should all be writing COBOL, cause it's still around and hasn't changed
> since the brontosaurus roamed the earth.
> 6) You cannot compare an OOP language like VB.NET and Rbase, that's like
> comparing seltzer water to Pepsi. Yes they both have bubbles but one is
> sweet and delicious out of the can, and the other tastes like crap until
> complimented by something sweet and delicious.
> 7) Give Bill a hug, he's our friend.
>
> Regards,
> Eric
>