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Number of Comments: 296
Number of Words: 18,516
First Comment: 14 Oct 2001
Final Comment: 31 Aug 2004

Number of Topics Posted: 16
First Topic: 10 Mar 2002
Latest Topic: 14 Jul 2004
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31 Aug 2004   How many of you know....   Sounds pretty close to my Computer Science curricu....   >>  
   Incentive Pay Consid....   Timothy, If I worked for you I'd want you to capit....   >>  
21 Aug 2004   GOOG off to the race....   >Are you saying the public could have purchased sh....   >>  
20 Aug 2004      Well... Joel has an interest in GOOG doing well.&n....   >>  
19 Aug 2004   Does your employer m....   At my current company we have fairly flexible hour....   >>  
   GOOG off to the race....   Anyone could have bought Goog for 85 bucks if they....   >>  
   ASP vs. ASP.Net   Oh, and to answer your question... I think you'd b....   >>  
      We're still doing a lot of classic ASP here. ....   >>  
   At the end of the da....   Welcome to the internet... seriously... is this ne....   >>  
13 Aug 2004   How to market if nob....   1. Send free copies to software reviewers to revie....   >>  
12 Aug 2004   pre employment backg....   In general, statements without supporting referenc....   >>  
10 Aug 2004   best way to move int....   Start by capitalizing your I's.   >>  
   pre employment backg....   That appears to be Canadian information, not Ameri....   >>  
06 Aug 2004   UI design -> huma....   I do this with everything. I bought a broom the o....   >>  
   Fog Creek Marketing   Err.. my last sentence got mangled a bit... but yo....   >>  
      I think most bright folks reading the article (and....   >>  
      This thread is why everyone hates computer program....   >>  
05 Aug 2004   Google May Have Ille....   Which pile are your shares in Joel?   >>  
   You too can run up $....   I don't know what to call this, but it's certainly....   >>  
   Question about FogCr....   And what do you mean by 7 *years* family leave? Is....   >>  
      Hey Aussie Chick, I know that 12 weeks is the lege....   >>  
04 Aug 2004      Do the 6 weeks (or 2 weeks or 40 hours) carry over....   >>  
   Visio 2002 or 2003?   My theory is that MS royally screwed up the versio....   >>  
03 Aug 2004   Pushing data to a .N....   Remoting (or a home grown derivative of that) is a....   >>  
   Any free email sites....   yeah gmail doesnt put ads in your email, it puts i....   >>  
      Gmail doesn't   >>  
   The Village is a hit   I liked the sixth sense, unbreakable was good even....   >>  
   Am I being greedy?   What is MM, is that the same as M? i.e. Million?   >>  
02 Aug 2004   Searching an e-mail ....   There was talk of the white pages in australia inc....   >>  
   ** how to get feel o....   If you are in the same company, why not meet them ....   >>  
   lacking telecommutin....   Im starting a new job in a few weeks and the boss ....   >>  
   Geeks and cars   some kinds of bush turkey make this sound "geek"......   >>  
29 Jul 2004   Interviewing: common....   -IDE should be pretty well known, but many student....   >>  
27 Jul 2004   Web App: Clickable F....   I have seen one that used VRML to do a 3d walk thr....   >>  
   $75K-$100K/year to M....   Aussie Chick, Only the female uniforms, and fro....   >>  
22 Jul 2004   My resume any way to....   You do realise though, that because you are mailin....   >>  
21 Jul 2004   Mac OS X Tiger   If you haven't already, consider moving to a conso....   >>  
20 Jul 2004   IPOD "monopoly":Appl....   It's not the iPod alone that makes it a great devi....   >>  
16 Jul 2004   Joel Topic Idea: Bon....   How about companies persisting with an inefficient....   >>  
14 Jul 2004   NET ACCOUNTS /FORCELOGOFF   >>  
10 Jul 2004   When does a "bug" become a "security issue"?   >>  
08 Jul 2004   JOS UI issue   You got responses which match the tone of your ori....   >>  
   Go South, young man!   http://www.atlanta.computerjobs.com/ Represents....   >>  
07 Jul 2004   Reading Recommendati....   If you have Oracle running, read the Oracle docu....   >>  
06 Jul 2004   New app dev manager ....   Don't come in and say you're going to change every....   >>  
   Job Titles   How about "The Man" ?   >>  
30 Jun 2004   Eric S. Raymond: SUN....   Sun employees don't even have their own desks.&nbs....   >>  
   man man   man man man?   >>  
   Advice for quitting ....   If you haven't signed anything, then I would think....   >>  
29 Jun 2004   Visual Studio Expres....   When I first saw that these beta products were tar....   >>  
   Blogs written by gee....   The first thing I think when I see a blog with ent....   >>  
23 Jun 2004   Apple's iPod   There are other products that have good software, ....   >>  
      Marketing... have you seen an advertisement for an....   >>  
17 Jun 2004   $36 million to upgra....   A lot of the cost is in re-writing all the softwar....   >>  
14 Jun 2004   Recent Graduate   >>  
14 Jun 2004   Recent Graduate   I was indeed refering to 'the process of gathering....   >>  
   Good reading while J....   mixed opinion !   >>  
      After reading the much discussed article I am of m....   >>  
11 Jun 2004   new grads   The University of Maryland (College Park I assume)....   >>  
   Questioning the mast....   'Have you noticed that suddenly we had a rash of d....   >>  
   Oh No, Not New York ....   The president died in Dave....   >>  
   Deprecated Java Plat....   I think you'll find there's quite a few java devel....   >>  
10 Jun 2004   Oh No, Not New York ....   'One thing that does bother me - if a film is set ....   >>  
09 Jun 2004   Google: the search s....   Google is also interfering with their own search r....   >>  
08 Jun 2004   How GPA affects job ....   Anything above a B average should be acceptable.&n....   >>  
03 Jun 2004   What is time?   ., I think you've missed the point of the thought ....   >>  
02 Jun 2004   Has a file changed?   Yes, the OP did specify that requirement. However,....   >>  
01 Jun 2004   Self Defence   I did some self defence stuff a while back, and th....   >>  
30 May 2004   Are you a less produ....   I think Philo was talking about finding a nice gir....   >>  
28 May 2004   Should I retire?   11.5 million divided by 100k a year = 115 years.......   >>  
   Value of degrees &am....   I would expect a CS grad right out of college to k....   >>  
22 May 2004   No More "X"s please ....   I don't know if the OP was making a joke, but real....   >>  
   developing software ....   PokerRoom.com is good for me. Although I am not to....   >>  
06 May 2004   Google Serach Result....   Google is the best right now, but there is still h....   >>  
01 May 2004   dumb question on dvr....   You can get a Windows XP media center machine and ....   >>  
26 Apr 2004   Programmed Death of ....   Get a dog - an active dog (not a fluffy slipper). ....   >>  
23 Apr 2004   And that fifth colum....   I still don't get it?  Can someone explain?   >>  
22 Apr 2004   Application developm....   Also, learning to be a great programmer takes a lo....   >>  
      Sorry, I couldn't resist. It's possible to be a d....   >>  
      I think you just proved it!   >>  
   Cost of living   Why don't you ask him? Maybe he wants to live nea....   >>  
      You also have to consider that pay is greater when....   >>  
   Salaries again...   That's because you were drinking bud instead of re....   >>  
17 Apr 2004   Good Free Icons   the ones at foood aren't free, to use them commerc....   >>  
   Bad Cable, Anyone?   No it definately was a UltraATA cable, but that wo....   >>  
      Damn, I was hoping this was about bad cables. ....   >>  
   Is Norton Internet S....   Windows update does that Li-Fan, we have Windows S....   >>  
   Commercial Software ....   Oh yeah, that one company had it fail on only one ....   >>  
      For a web app, especially if it is a 'corporate' o....   >>  
   Microsoft New Hire B....   New MS programmers aren't given a stack of books u....   >>  
13 Apr 2004   Examples of Microsof....   Maybe Microsoft doesn't patent anything worth stea....   >>  
31 Mar 2004   Non-Speech Careers   If you don't talk to your customers, you're probab....   >>  
28 Mar 2004   Xbox 2 compatibility....   It depends...  if XBox 2 is a lot more innova....   >>  
26 Mar 2004   A usability question   Why not let the window accesibility features take ....   >>  
20 Mar 2004   /onSoftware & Jo....   Philo, in my experience most [Free|Open Source] So....   >>  
16 Mar 2004   Anyone learn to prog....   I wonder if the "for Dummies" line of books was "f....   >>  
12 Mar 2004   What is a software d....   Actually... what you really should do is, not care....   >>  
      Tell him he's a Software Designer.   >>  
   Does good code matte....   It's all a bunch of rubbish.   >>  
   Lower Wages Is The S....   If software developer wages drop too low the probl....   >>  
11 Mar 2004   I've been blogged...   It sounds like you need to change your diet and st....   >>  
   Good places to buy c....   Alienware: http://www.alienware.com/    >>  
   MSFT breakdown   MSFT isn't suffering because MS's position of domi....   >>  
      I'm glad I sold the remainder of my ESPP I had bee....   >>  
05 Mar 2004   What is NULL   This works on every database I've tried but Oracle....   >>  
26 Feb 2004   How many people have....   I've heard of it. Their stock price really took a....   >>  
23 Feb 2004   Yes Joel you May Hav....   Interesting. So basically Microsoft doesn't care ....   >>  
18 Feb 2004   $50+ hr for java pro....   I actually took a polygraph for the CIA when I was....   >>  
17 Feb 2004   Being recruited away   Why do you need to declare your intent, first? Wh....   >>  
      Have the guy from XYZ ask ABC if ABC would be will....   >>  
   Design Decision No.3   Just a thought: presumably this is being done to e....   >>  
   $50+ hr for java pro....   Thanks for the hard numbers bathmo. I'm definitel....   >>  
16 Feb 2004   Free PC MIDI Sequenc....   For all your music and shareware needs... http:....   >>  
13 Feb 2004   $50+ hr for java programmers after 3 years?   >>  
08 Feb 2004   Programmed Death Of ....   Yes, there will continue to be work for smart moti....   >>  
   Business idea pursui....   A lot of people make a lot of money on commodity i....   >>  
05 Feb 2004   Frustration over sof....   Or you can quit complaining and stick with what yo....   >>  
   Getting into Microso....   Yes it's possible.  It may be hard to get an ....   >>  
31 Jan 2004   Another critique of ....   Read this: http://headblender.com/joe/blog/archiv....   >>  
27 Jan 2004   Internal Software Re....   What's your question? We work on internal and e....   >>  
16 Jan 2004   Internet Explorer: w....   "View Source" stops working if your document cache....   >>  
12 Jan 2004   Standards Compliant ....   Are all uses of tables for positioning considered ....   >>  
      What does table-less design mean?  and how do....   >>  
09 Jan 2004   Rules-based decision....   Plug: http://www.softlaw.com.au The product bas....   >>  
07 Jan 2004   DonationWare   If it's DonationWare you can get away with whateve....   >>  
02 Jan 2004   Set List?   http://www.joelonsoftware.com/index.html    >>  
01 Jan 2004   The Most Popular* Jo....   The 2003 articles have been pretty weak in compari....   >>  
29 Dec 2003   Lovers at Work ...   If you can't work near/with your spouse you either....   >>  
17 Dec 2003   Defining moment in c....   nitpick.... '( balloons and gliders were unpowere....   >>  
12 Dec 2003   Recruiting in remote....   Just find other developers who would like to live ....   >>  
   Hiring someone who *....   I agree that the you difficulty will depend on who....   >>  
      The smartest students don't necessarily go into me....   >>  
10 Dec 2003   Refracturing   Agreed, it doesn't seem unreasonable to have a cer....   >>  
04 Dec 2003   ...ism at FogCreek?   It's the required CYA spam that all companies in A....   >>  
26 Nov 2003   Does Programming mak....   I thought it was the other way around.  Peopl....   >>  
   REfactoring large pr....   Instead of cursors or temp tables think about usin....   >>  
25 Nov 2003   Proposed Interview P....   Dustin, It sounds to me like you and your partn....   >>  
24 Nov 2003   Spammers now thwarti....   Who in their right mind would enter their email ad....   >>  
21 Nov 2003   An end to blog spam   This is something Google needs to fix on their own....   >>  
12 Nov 2003   Curious about Fog Cr....   It's probably similar to Microsoft.  You get ....   >>  
04 Nov 2003   Where Did You Go To ....   BS in Computer Science, University of Maryland (Co....   >>  
   FogCreek's site is n....   I have the google toolbar on IE and I don't see a ....   >>  
   The REAL problem wit....   Plus it's hard to know what you don't know.  ....   >>  
03 Nov 2003   Does FogCreek hire T....   Fog Creek has like 5 employees.  I don't thin....   >>  
   Benefits of a degree   Dennis it's the people who actually have 4 year CS....   >>  
      I don't think people who don't go through a univer....   >>  
      He must have gone to VMI   >>  
      In general, a good university education will give ....   >>  
23 Oct 2003   Why RDBMS?   Not to mention the huge number of supporting appli....   >>  
   Curse of the 4.0   >In Vancouver, most new buildings don't have any 4....   >>  
21 Oct 2003   CityDesk too much fo....   I use citydesk for a personal site (mostly a blog ....   >>  
12 Oct 2003   Magazines - How do y....   Office XP and 2003 both come with an OCR program t....   >>  
11 Oct 2003   Since when did XPath....   Well I guess I know what I will be doing monday.......   >>  
08 Oct 2003   are there any true "....   I don't think you'll find many non-game shrink wra....   >>  
07 Oct 2003   What source control ....   No one who reads this forum uses Fog Bugz? Why no....   >>  
04 Oct 2003   IT Department Pet Pe....   At a school maybe? Teachers are addressed by stude....   >>  
   Specifications on a ....   You can develop database applications with MySQL f....   >>  
03 Oct 2003   Basic question, data....   Don, Does that work for multiple users adding form....   >>  
   A FREEware like Snag....   http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/    >>  
30 Sep 2003   Joel, how do you com....   Fog creek has like 6 employees.   >>  
25 Sep 2003   Double Byte Problem   'The computer at the logistics company do not hand....   >>  
24 Sep 2003   veal-fattening pens   He has Microserfs on his book review page... ht....   >>  
21 Sep 2003   Style of XML tags an....   I use the first style because most of my work is i....   >>  
19 Sep 2003   MFC Annoyance   Im a VFP user so I have no idea, but aren't the C+....   >>  
17 Sep 2003   Query on CityDesk   Even the original sharepoint TeamServices that com....   >>  
16 Sep 2003   Area wide Active Noi....   'I work part time at a research lab, and they have....   >>  
13 Sep 2003   security question   Do the files actually have to be real files on the....   >>  
12 Sep 2003   Is Windows Installer....   Have you tried the included setup and deployment p....   >>  
10 Sep 2003   Security in your dev....   Oh how I wish we could use Perforce. A dream to wo....   >>  
      Ours wouldn't work over the network either, we hav....   >>  
07 Sep 2003   OODB: Are they viabl....   I read an article a while back that made a good ca....   >>  
04 Sep 2003   How much do Technica....   Aside from the cash it's a pretty good selling poi....   >>  
03 Sep 2003   You might as well stop programming now...   >>  
31 Aug 2003   Strewth   I still hear 'strewth' sometimes, however of all t....   >>  
   IS there a way to cl....   Why is sysprep a pain in the neck? We just did ....   >>  
30 Aug 2003   Software Naming and ....   Hi Bill, How much interest have you had from pr....   >>  
29 Aug 2003   Citidesk v2.0 critiq....   All tools which allow you to have a 'code' view an....   >>  
28 Aug 2003   Should we maintain m....   We maintain ours using the licence key method, thi....   >>  
   Developers in Suits ....   I think the total casual dress thing is going a li....   >>  
27 Aug 2003   Conectix Virtual PC   I got it downloaded at home from the MSDN Subscrib....   >>  
26 Aug 2003   Conectix Virtual PC   >>  
24 Aug 2003   How Long Will Kids L....   Reminds me of a quote from a comedian I read a whi....   >>  
19 Aug 2003   Agile/XP programming and Offshoring   >>  
19 Aug 2003   Agile/XP programming....   These processes require more than just the ability....   >>  
   Bigger than Munich (....   No I never knew about 'red flag linux'. 'OTOH I....   >>  
      Why did linux come into this thread? The artic....   >>  
16 Aug 2003   Writing Mathematical....   MathML might be what you're looking for if simple ....   >>  
14 Aug 2003   Design question   You are on exactly the right track. As for the cu....   >>  
      Just to continue a bit... So for instance every t....   >>  
      You don't need to use SQL Mail, just use the datab....   >>  
      I'd recommend not doing it in the ASP pages. ....   >>  
   Half of Windows cras....   I'm surprised MS admits to half the windows crashe....   >>  
13 Aug 2003   Ship Mode   'I just did this too. Man what a bummer a tough 's....   >>  
12 Aug 2003   C++ Test - Questions....   I easily got your first 5 questions from your orig....   >>  
   VB vs BCB vs...and w....   If you want to program small niche programs just f....   >>  
11 Aug 2003   Microsoft loses $521....   Which just proves how stupid patents are... If....   >>  
      Thats it! Two stupid patent stories in 2 days. ....   >>  
   patents vs copyright....   I don't think software patents are ever good. Copy....   >>  
07 Aug 2003   Offshore -- Cringely....   I don't really understand the connection older wor....   >>  
06 Aug 2003   Windows 95 on MSDN Downloads   >>  
06 Aug 2003   sql question   One query with one loop would do it. A select *....   >>  
   Windows 95 on MSDN D....   Thanks for that Kjartan.   >>  
   High hourly rate guy....   And they wonder why their jobs are going offshore.....   >>  
05 Aug 2003   c++ before c??   What universities teach c++ before c?   >>  
   Joel on Outsourcing ....   All of the smartest folks from Asia have moved to ....   >>  
   Age discrimination i....   It seems to me that other engineering disciplines ....   >>  
31 Jul 2003   Is VMWare Good Enough...   >>  
31 Jul 2003   Is VMWare Good Enoug....   Hi Mr Curiosity. That article I linked to did fix ....   >>  
      Although it is strange that FoxPro is stuffed only....   >>  
      Honestly I spent half an hour yesterday searching ....   >>  
      Hi Israel Orange, but by my logic, installing a br....   >>  
   Web Services - is th....   I don't think the "Service" part of Web Services h....   >>  
   Unused Office Space ....   Give everyone private offices.   >>  
   How popular is VB .N....   Go with C#.  You might try the VB6 to VB.Net ....   >>  
29 Jul 2003   Are these reasonable....   These should be very simple questions for anyone w....   >>  
   Calling all .NET Gur....   Not trying to sound like a cheerleader, but I love....   >>  
27 Jul 2003   Visual FoxPro   Yes but if you look at attendances at events such ....   >>  
26 Jul 2003      'because I still haven't seen much in the way of m....   >>  
   Why do programmers d....   .NET has actually made this painless. It surprised....   >>  
24 Jul 2003   Offshoring is the LE....   It does make me wonder what would happen if that d....   >>  
      The article makes no mention of the fact that all ....   >>  
   what is the future o....   C++ will continue to be useful when writing progra....   >>  
   freshgrad: good comp....   I would start off with a large, successful well kn....   >>  
20 Jul 2003   Lotus Notes and MAPI   >>  
19 Jul 2003   Certified Software Development Professional   >>  
19 Jul 2003   Certified Software D....   I agree that question is particularly bad and it h....   >>  
   .NET web app hosting....   I've used FlareHosting and am currently using WebH....   >>  
15 Jul 2003   Internet Concepts   Depends on the context of the word 'concepts'. ....   >>  
   Migrating to Oracle   LesC: Thanks for all those tips, and the offer to ....   >>  
      Thanks for all the input guys. At least I now have....   >>  
14 Jul 2003   Migrating to Oracle   >>  
14 Jul 2003   improving design ski....   It's like in high school when you spend a week sta....   >>  
10 Jul 2003   Bartleby the Scriven....   Its highly unlikely that anyone stole that story f....   >>  
02 Jul 2003   Bad Analogy of the D....   I think that would be a dream for anybody, regardl....   >>  
01 Jul 2003   Datamadel for schedu....   Definately going to file this away tip away for ou....   >>  
      Ok then I see it now. Thanks for taking the time t....   >>  
      Philo, Shouldn't it be: WHERE StartDate<@End....   >>  
      Well put anon. :)   >>  
   Do you folks use col....   What about using colour to distinguish different s....   >>  
   Automatic Error Repo....   Thats a good point you make. Maybe something for u....   >>  
      Yes we do have the 'What were you doing' field as ....   >>  
30 Jun 2003   Automatic Error Reporting   >>  
30 Jun 2003      Any links for that Joel? Will it be a free article....   >>  
26 Jun 2003   UI Suggestions   >>  
26 Jun 2003   UI Suggestions   Oh my good. All the responses. Thank you all. Y....   >>  
      The other issue that make it a more difficult choi....   >>  
      But maybe we do need to reconsider and possibly ma....   >>  
      Thanks for the input. 1. The reason it isn't a ....   >>  
22 Jun 2003   What to do when you ....   Go with years and then strange 2 letter combinatio....   >>  
20 Jun 2003   Nigerian Spammers us....   Heres an idea: http://www.theregister.co.uk/con....   >>  
18 Jun 2003   Offshore development....   I 'spose it depends on the project, but at my plac....   >>  
17 Jun 2003   What to pick - C# or....   C#   >>  
13 Jun 2003   Synchronicity?   It's funny how this question comes up at some poin....   >>  
   More efficient metho....   Don't think it'll help much, but it would probably....   >>  
12 Jun 2003   With   With is the work of the devil, let me explain: ....   >>  
   Test The Nation   I'm pretty skeptical about the accuracy, too. I wa....   >>  
08 Jun 2003   Is anyone here invol....   What do you mean by mainframe programming? If you....   >>  
   Mozilla versus Mozil....   Interesting. I've found Firebird to start faster t....   >>  
22 May 2003   Text Justification w....   You might want to take a look at the PARAFORMAT2 s....   >>  
19 May 2003   Strategy Letter 0: D....   er production = product in the above   >>  
      Marketing and development are easy compared to fin....   >>  
09 May 2003   What should a cover ....   When I read cover letters, I want to know what you....   >>  
08 May 2003   simple video editor   I'm not sure how full-featured it is, but there's ....   >>  
01 May 2003   Quick Poll: Software....   Nuclear medicine management suite w/ good ol' Win3....   >>  
25 Apr 2003   Database Written-Con....   If you're going to store text from a simple HTML t....   >>  
17 Apr 2003   Buying a Laptop   I have to 2nd the eraser mouse. Once you get used....   >>  
11 Apr 2003   XHTML, CSS and valid....   I second Brad's remarks. See also http://www.hixi....   >>  
10 Apr 2003   Dev, Test, Productio....   In addition to a Dev, QA, Stage, Prod and Demo env....   >>  
08 Apr 2003   Microsoft Cerificati....   I'd just like to point out that 2 degrees in anyth....   >>  
02 Apr 2003   Compromise   I agree that you should try to convince the guy th....   >>  
      Yes. Quick and easy money. You're in a busin....   >>  
   employment agreement   I worked in a place which had the (a) clause in my....   >>  
28 Mar 2003   Interviewing for Sen....   The 2 questions you listed sound a little like tri....   >>  
25 Mar 2003   Keeping Your Job   Limiting the supply of developers in this country ....   >>  
06 Mar 2003   Any SysAdmins Out Th....   Are you suspecting that your american ISP has bloc....   >>  
   Application Install/....   The installer projects in Visual Studio .Net seem ....   >>  
   Software Development....   I've always thought analogy was one of the worst f....   >>  
   VB6.0: How to handle....   If you want to stick with handling the error in th....   >>  
05 Mar 2003   Best Practices for s....   Id be interested to here an answer for this, I hav....   >>  
18 Feb 2003   Reading Web Archive ....   Maybe this might help.... http://linux.tucows.com/....   >>  
      They are MIME encoded as multipart messages, so ma....   >>  
12 Feb 2003   What were your first....   A VAX can suck up wet spills as well as dry?   >>  
11 Feb 2003   Add/Remove Programs ....   But doesn't microsoft call them "Control Panel App....   >>  
04 Feb 2003   How fast is your int....   For $24.95 (Australian) I get 56K dial up - Unlimi....   >>  
11 Dec 2002   strategies for copin....   >You can't be more wrong here. I suspect you never....   >>  
      Here are some simple facts that I just realized my....   >>  
19 Nov 2002   Re: "Bad Spam Filter....   Hello Stephen, I'm a bit concerned about your t....   >>  
13 Nov 2002   The bloomin' Lor of ....   ... sayin' 'learn 'ow ter do it Cocker Spanielly ....   >>  
01 Nov 2002   A case for subscript....   Comparing subscription software to renting an apar....   >>  
   Most powerful notebo....   I use an IBM Thinkpad A series. Rock solid and qu....   >>  
20 Oct 2002   Limitations of UML   Oh, I see. It is a seperate tool.   >>  
      Are you sure Visio is FREE???? Where is this? How ....   >>  
04 Sep 2002   An alternative to Gr....   In comparison with Groove, REBOL IOS is more compa....   >>  
03 Sep 2002   Shrink-wrap apps bui....   What about Visual FoxPro ? It can do pretty muc....   >>  
29 Aug 2002   WISE vs. InstallShie....   I agree with Michael... InnoSetup... 100x easier t....   >>  
23 Aug 2002   how can i protect my....   I'd go ahead and register the domain name if it is....   >>  
21 May 2002   Visual Basic vs. Vis....   Why not do both? If you have already done vbscript....   >>  
   Project Management S....   >Excel is almost as disgusting a 'programming lang....   >>  
16 May 2002   The bad thing about ....   wow, you are correct. I think that is a bug in goo....   >>  
15 May 2002      Put double quotes around .net   >>  
26 Apr 2002   Recommendations for ....   Joel, What did you go with? How do you like it?....   >>  
18 Apr 2002   Stay or go?   Quit today. Money isn't important if you're not ha....   >>  
16 Apr 2002   Poll: would you rele....   By "custom" I meant products written and sold for ....   >>  
      Would you release a product that was distributed o....   >>  
15 Apr 2002   Poll: would you release a .net desktop project   >>  
13 Apr 2002   Simple question.   >Good writting about the software industry! I'm....   >>  
11 Mar 2002   "The Way Good Softwa....   >hmm, let's see, remove the Discussion board and t....   >>  
10 Mar 2002   "The Way Good Software Gets Designed"   >>  
20 Dec 2001   A bit offtopic -- ab....   I don't think nationality is an issue here. I thin....   >>  
24 Nov 2001   VSS and/or CVS?   When I worked on Microsoft's Windows NT team, we u....   >>  
16 Oct 2001   New interface paradi....   How does a new user discover the available gesture....   >>  
14 Oct 2001   Underline Edit Boxes....   I really like the look of the underline edit 'boxe....   >>  



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