-> I didn't say they were writing Internet software.  But they are on th
-> hawking their wares for one thing and another.  Some of 'em are datab
-> programmers; some applications developers, and maybe some are out of
-> work.  Who cares?  They're all over the Internet.  That's all I
-> said.  I didn't say WHAT they were doing...........
My point, that they AREN'T writing software, most have gone back to
'real' jobs, writing apps for databases, or designing web pages, or in
one 'infamous' case, RUNNING an ISP.  If they had been GOOD programmers
from the start, meeting deadlines and getting all their promises INTO
code, they'd still be programming today.  they're not.
-> It is a rank amateurish stab at a comma-delimited ASCII file.  Take t
-> field, fer instance.....in one case it says Zone; in another, Region,
-> another still, Host.....followed by DOWN.........  In fact, the
-> first three fields are rank and can't be processed to any meaning by
-> a REAL database manager.
But it WORKS.  Like Fido echomail does.. Not everyone wants or NEEDS
multitasking or 128 megs of ram or a cablemodem Internet connection.
Sure, they're NICE, but not necessary, and most users have other things
they need to spend $$ on, and they can't take deductions for the latest
Pentium II system as a business expense.
Those people still use Fido, and will until it disappears.
Bill, your attitude is elitist, and exclusive.  I'd rather be
INclusive, like still allowing 300 baud connects, if someone wanted to
use that slow a modem.  I give them a certain amount of time on-line,
WHAT they doo with it or how fast they connect isn't of consequence to
me.
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