> WINNT = poking at little pictures

 > LINUX = understanding how the OS works

 > I wonder why the WINNT people are cheaper? LOL

    That's a bit mean, Charles. It is really horrendously difficult to
program in C for Windows. That is why MS invented Visual C - which as you
say is poking at little pictures. But then so is Visual Basic &c,
&c.

    What is the particular virtue of knowing how the OS works, anyway? Unix
is so much simpler and more straightforward than Windows that it is much
less of a challenge. Comparing unix to Windows is like comparing a clean
made up jigsaw puzzle to a bowl of cooked spaghetti. Depends whether you
want to eat or to be entertained, I guess. :-)

    The virtue of C is programming in a way that works in any environment,
and if it has to be ported across platforms, having separate
platform-specific interchangeable modules that can be conditionally
compiled automatically.

    So really good WINNT programmers may even be a little more expensive
than average unix programmers. You get what you pay for.

Best Wishes,
Bill.

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