Re: [foxboro] general modeling.

On Thu, May 29, 2008 9:34 pm, Schouten, Frits JF wrote:

> But getting back to my initial question, what is the future of
> all those (user) applications developed on the Unix platform?

...

> Anyone out there that have developed some sort of a plan that
> would get us out of a pickle?

We, the user community, have only ourselves to blame. When Foxboro started
to push Windows and promised the world, and I mean the world: full
compatibility, better functionalities, plug-and-play, cold fusion, etc.,
we all gullibly swallowed it all (except for a few
tilting-against-the-windmill sticks-in-the-mud old-timers Unix Luddites
who were just against changes -- whew, is that enough hyphens in one
phrase?). We all deluded ourselves with the marketing hooey and merrily
skipped down the primrose path into the MS-centric promised land. Well,
now the bed is made, it's time we all have to sleep in it.

I know this is the same old rant from same old me, but it bears repeating.

And no, I don't have a plan, other than feebly hanging on to the last few
Unix boxes and hope they see me through until my retirement (which is not
even a glimmer on the horizon). How's that for a plan?

Duc



 
 
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