Re: For Your Amusement


"J French" <erewhon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:43886310.187799416@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:58:05 -0800, "Bob Butler"
> <tiredofit@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> >MS never understood what they had in VB; their users did. Too bad they
only
> >listened to the fringe element that was embarassed by using "basic"
instead
> >of looking at the language for what it was.
>
> I think that Bill Gates and some of the old guard at MS understood
> very well
>
> In the early 1990's there was a scrap in MS, and BG sorted things out
> by stating that BASIC was going to be the language for automation
>
> The trouble is that the 'new bunch' at MS have forgotton where their
> company came from


It is subtly even worse than just a case of memory loss. It is more like
they deliberately turned against their own product.

To use the "New Coke" analogy. The Coke Execs got into trouble when they
began to believe the Pepsi hype. They really became concerned that Pepsi
tasted better - therefore they had to come out with a new taste. Everything
else just flew past them.

In talking with the current crop of MS developers, you get the feeling that
they really believe Unix and Java 'tastes' better and therefore they have to
come out with a new taste. Everything else is just flying past them.

-ralph


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