Re: Anyone out there happy with Jfw 6.1?

  • From: "Gene" <guystevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 22:31:57 -0400

Not to go off on a tangent... but how about those old Lotus updates that 
came in the mail every month or so.... god what a hassle!

Gene


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cy" <cselfridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 10:28 PM
Subject: RE: Anyone out there happy with Jfw 6.1?


> Gene,
> I just ran across some of my old DB3 manuals... They are now in the
> dumpster where they should have gone years ago...
> Cy, the Ancient Okie...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Gene
> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 8:02 PM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Anyone out there happy with Jfw 6.1?
>
>
> Hmmm... Ever work with the old Ashton-Tate products like DBase? Talk
> about
> lousy debugging.
>
> Gene
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill" <bill.cam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 8:47 PM
> Subject: Re: Anyone out there happy with Jfw 6.1?
>
>
>>
>>
>> true micro soft is guilty of every sin you pointed out with respect to
>
>> windows and their included applications in the o s. not fixing bugs
>> and ignoring their end users.
>>
>> so your totally right compairing jfw to m s operating system.
>>
>> unfortunately microsoft is one software company that was never known
>> for quality first.
>>
>>
>> its also true that windows is a monopoly and they really did not care
>> what the end user wanted either.
>>
>> because it is a monopoly they where able to get away with it.
>>
>>
>> but guess what, when corporations started picking linux for server
>> software
>> over m s products then m s changed its tune.
>>
>> what do you think windows update is all about, fixing bugs, some thing
>> that
>> m s used to totally ignore, especially ignored by m s in the security
>> areana.
>>
>> but when companies starting saying to m s stick it where using linux
>> then
>> m
>> s started changing its tune with respect to security.
>>
>> hence service pack 2.
>>
>> now their starting to do better but have a long way to go.
>>
>> i had to laugh though because you picked probably the only software
>> company
>> as bad as f s at ignoring their end users.
>>
>> probably for the same reasons, pretty much j f w market share that
>> almost classifies them as a monopoly.
>>
>>
>> by the way when it comes to other micro soft applications where they
>> do
>> not
>> enjoy the market advantage they do a much better job with respect to
>> quality.
>>
>> office and money are to examples.
>>
>> i e was also an example before it got the lion share of the market.
>>
>> bottom line, and i can not speak for all, but for me if 7 adds no new
>> features and fixes only bugs that would be o k with me.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> bill
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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