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| 01 Sep 2004 |
Why buy tech support.... |
Something is screwy in that Software Assurance pri....
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| 28 Aug 2004 |
Best add-ons for Del.... |
Not exactly an add-on, but you might want to check....
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A third recommendation for GExperts. I, too,....
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Code Rush has a mountain of features and takes tim....
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| 26 Aug 2004 |
marketing to develop.... |
I don't know about other language vendors, but one....
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| 22 Aug 2004 |
Creating an Outlook .... |
DevExpress also makes available a 'best practices'....
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| 18 Aug 2004 |
Eiffell: Pro's and C.... |
I've never used Eiffel. But one of the big advant....
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| 16 Aug 2004 |
Why learn basic search and sort algorithms?
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| 16 Aug 2004 |
Why learn basic sear.... |
>'The whole idea of working at a high-level of
>....
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'Search and sort algorithms are a great introducti....
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Shane -- I agree with what you say. I think the a....
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| 15 Aug 2004 |
What makes a great p.... |
I sit and I shit.
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| 14 Aug 2004 |
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Muppet -- Nope. All great artists poop. ....
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Kalani -- That brings to mind the idea of simplici....
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| 12 Aug 2004 |
Good tips on downsiz.... |
If, as I'm beginning to suspect, this setup is sup....
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Chris -- My question exactly. The whole scen....
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| 11 Aug 2004 |
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If ease of use is the issue, I'm betting it would ....
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Although you could do it, I agree with Anon above ....
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With Jet you would most likely want to use ADO, to....
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| 06 Aug 2004 |
Good forms design re.... |
Albert -- I'm surprised, I would have thought you'....
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Logo design costs |
DesignOutpost is an interesting website where you ....
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| 05 Aug 2004 |
Binding services for.... |
Kinko's has it covered. Just go through the 'Prin....
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Platform for Commerc.... |
To add to the post a couple messages up that menti....
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| 28 Jul 2004 |
.NET Winforms contro.... |
Sorry, that Developer Express link should have bee....
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No experience with Infragistics or Janus suites. ....
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| 27 Jul 2004 |
Paying a Sales Guy |
'I will most certainly need a sales guy to make my....
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| 26 Jul 2004 |
Templating systems f.... |
'If you want to judge ASP.NET as a development pla....
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'Codesmith is a code generator that uses ASPX-like....
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I'm not exactly sure what you're looking for, but ....
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| 20 Jul 2004 |
Advantage Database S.... |
Another thing that should be mentioned about Advan....
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I should have added that both DBISAM and NexusDB a....
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Advantage has a good reputation in the Delphi comm....
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| 19 Jul 2004 |
Free syntax highligh.... |
Programmer's Notepad is a nice piece of software. ....
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| 16 Jul 2004 |
PHP and references |
Hmm, that's certainly a nice friendly way to ask f....
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| 14 Jul 2004 |
Database Pooling - I.... |
It's possible to initiate a new connection wheneve....
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| 02 Jul 2004 |
Good software takes .... |
'My software always works as perfectly the first t....
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| 29 Jun 2004 |
Technical book publi.... |
'Wrox died; Apress bought most of their IP but not....
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| 28 Jun 2004 |
My word processing e.... |
So long as we're sharing:
I used to be temp off....
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Best practices archi.... |
ACDSee, which someone already mentioned, is pretty....
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| 24 Jun 2004 |
Dennis Forbes' new IIS hole?
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| 24 Jun 2004 |
The software ecosyst.... |
'Clearly, Microsoft has a monopoly on the Windows ....
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| 21 Jun 2004 |
8 yr old game design.... |
Toontalk, a visual programming environment, design....
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Good and cheap POP3 .... |
The open source Indy project may be what you're lo....
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Portable Business lo.... |
Matthew -- Well, I'm making shrinkwrap so the clie....
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Matthew -- I'm not too worried. Users will mostly....
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Captain McFly -- Well, for example, constraints in....
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'Business logic (aka constraints) belong in the DB....
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'Why validate and revalidate at each of several la....
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You can put settings/code for your business rules ....
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| 17 Jun 2004 |
Productivity advance.... |
Gunnar -- Hmm, seems like you may be disputing tha....
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Gunnar -- I think we're in complete agreement.
....
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A data grid is probably the prototypical example o....
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| 16 Jun 2004 |
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At least for business apps where the UI is often t....
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The future API is HT.... |
I don't think even Rich Client advocates claim tha....
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| 15 Jun 2004 |
Maybe It's Not That .... |
Seems like an appropriate place to plug the book a....
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'To the people that lose their jobs, and as a resu....
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| 14 Jun 2004 |
Video Capture? |
Believe it or not, the proper pronunciation of 'Ha....
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Second the Hauppage cards as probably the best ine....
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Ethics of running an.... |
I like Joel's articles. At least I used to, seems....
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| 11 Jun 2004 |
Where can I find jus.... |
Here's a source I found out about when, I think, A....
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| 08 Jun 2004 |
Good alternative to .... |
I did a quick yahoo search for '+vb6 +ide +addin' ....
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| 05 Jun 2004 |
MYSQL in trouble |
The main thing holding PostgreSQL back has obvious....
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| 04 Jun 2004 |
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So CA open sources Ingres.
MySQL already has ....
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| 03 Jun 2004 |
Long-term prospects of Win32 development
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| 03 Jun 2004 |
Long-term prospects .... |
Whoops, before some corrects me I should say it's ....
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Maybe even more interesting is that it appears tha....
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Ayn Rand |
This may be one of the best accounts of what's goo....
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Best language for GU.... |
Delphi with RemObjects: http://www.remobjects.com
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| 02 Jun 2004 |
Daughter needs a lap.... |
IBM T41 gets my vote. Fast Pentium M, 1400x1050 s....
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| 01 Jun 2004 |
VB at the Movies |
Funny you should ask. I just got mine today.
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| 31 May 2004 |
Motivation |
'Can you find a mentor-like person? Someone you ca....
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| 30 May 2004 |
If business is so ...... |
'In fact, a bigger question. Would it be 'possible....
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Probably a lot of reasons that more people don't t....
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But, but... I though.... |
Isn't it obvious that on the internet there is no ....
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Tips & Tricks to.... |
Building an installer for ODBC/MDAC and your .exe ....
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| 29 May 2004 |
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I think you're right about DBISAM. Technically, I....
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| 28 May 2004 |
When you have to be .... |
'I wonder why all your articles are about more or ....
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Unix books |
I'll third Unix Power Tools. It makes learni....
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Explain why emacs is.... |
Christopher -- I'm not into Python (yet), but isn'....
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Should I retire? |
'There's no guarantee that US market will be as su....
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Those numbers in previous post are of course refer....
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'there are booms, busts and vey long periods of li....
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'I just don't trust the stock market. It's like g....
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Tips & Tricks to.... |
Older versions if Windows work fine with multi-use....
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| 27 May 2004 |
How to center text i.... |
'So i have to go and manually resize all my textbo....
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Sorry, things may be complicated because you're us....
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You can highlight the cell, right-click, and from ....
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| 26 May 2004 |
Programmers not peop.... |
'As with most discussions on JOS, this issue turns....
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'. . . people are basically an I/O device. One w....
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Opening my mind |
Yep, learn by doing. Hit a roadblock where you ca....
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| 24 May 2004 |
Why Do We Need Gener.... |
The question really isn't 'Why do I need them?', s....
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How soon will SUN Mi.... |
'Take any trend, assume that it will continue inde....
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'Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):
N/A
Forward P....
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| 17 May 2004 |
Would a Wiki Work? |
If they acclimate to the Wiki culture seems like t....
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| 13 May 2004 |
Lower cost alternate.... |
'Besides, it's not like they're explicitly making ....
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Win4Lin may be a good alternative for you:
http....
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Longhorn in 2007. To.... |
Dennis is right (surprise!). Looks like it will b....
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| 12 May 2004 |
Automated testing of.... |
Not free, but TestComplete is supposed to be one o....
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| 08 May 2004 |
Does commissioning a.... |
What damage?
Microsoft has commissioned lots ....
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Delphi + CORBA vs. J.... |
If you do stick with Delphi, you might want to che....
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| 07 May 2004 |
Build/buy a quiet PC |
One other good resource is the 'Case and Cooling F....
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| 06 May 2004 |
How good is POSTGRE .... |
Chris -- ;)
Yes, hard to tell how to take that ....
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'> SQL server is much easier to use, mySQL is bett....
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| 04 May 2004 |
U.S. Is Losing Its D.... |
I'm 40 years old, and I'm sure I've been reading a....
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| 02 May 2004 |
Accessing DBMS remot.... |
>> Firebird is the less problematic in terms of st....
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| 30 Apr 2004 |
more great open sour.... |
'This criticism of open source UI irks me a little....
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| 29 Apr 2004 |
What are the real be.... |
Running off the .NET CLR is also supposed to give ....
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| 27 Apr 2004 |
Delphi/J2EE Integrat.... |
The Delphi remoting library called 'kbmMW' has som....
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Delphi for .net : ma.... |
'Don't say that Delphi 7 can retain this position ....
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| 23 Apr 2004 |
Perfectionism |
Ron -- So I guess you aren't one of the people tha....
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| 18 Apr 2004 |
Downloading files us.... |
I know next to nothing about serial communications....
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| 17 Apr 2004 |
Bugs in Delphi 7 ? |
Same here. I don't run across bugs. Like Craig I....
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| 15 Apr 2004 |
Delphi |
Whoa, thanks for the correction. Much different f....
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'Would Kylix and Delphi be a viable combo for writ....
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Intro to Visual Stud.... |
Sorry, should have said, "but I think it's mislead....
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BoredByStander said, 'But it occurs to me that by ....
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| 09 Apr 2004 |
Ms Access, mysql and.... |
'i don't want my boss linking into the live data. ....
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| 08 Apr 2004 |
Is Access2000 suitab.... |
Access/Jet db's can get corrupted, but if it's goi....
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| 27 Mar 2004 |
top ten software fir.... |
Okay, okay, it's all fine. Sorry for the ran....
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All this information information is publicly avail....
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Looking more closely it looks like Joel was quotin....
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Michael -- Were you meaning to imply that they got....
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| 26 Mar 2004 |
Good ASP hosting pro.... |
You can get a lot of opinions about dedicated serv....
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| 25 Mar 2004 |
Built-in SQL support.... |
I feel almost like I'm becoming a Delphi evangelis....
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| 23 Mar 2004 |
Help me with this de.... |
Although, I guess, continued development of the Li....
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Hmm, I'm not sure the Delphi situation is so grim.....
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Don't you have some history with Delphi?
You co....
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| 11 Mar 2004 |
Need to run a Window.... |
You might try 'Remote Office', some fairly new rem....
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| 10 Mar 2004 |
Can you learn .NET a.... |
Chris Tavares said, 'I guess I'm just saying that ....
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| 09 Mar 2004 |
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Mark Hoffman said, 'Clearly, you probably aren't g....
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| 06 Mar 2004 |
Service oriented arc.... |
Fool, did you actually look at RemObjects? Or are....
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| 05 Mar 2004 |
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Whatever 'Service Oriented Architecture is, this c....
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| 03 Mar 2004 |
Report development |
Matt -- Report writers can do quite a bit more tha....
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| 24 Feb 2004 |
Ultralights |
As far as I know, there is no such thing as a 'Cen....
>> |
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'They are those sub-4 pounders with 6 pounds of ac....
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| 23 Feb 2004 |
Firebird 1.5 Final R.... |
Sir -- I think that's right; if Joel is using Jet....
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Sir -- I apologize, I should have read your entire....
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Sir -- The distinction between a true 'database se....
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| 22 Feb 2004 |
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To Jet? Well, first of all, it's a true database ....
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| 20 Feb 2004 |
.Net linker redux |
Whoops, thought this thread was about little piece....
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FoxPro beat dBase because FoxPro had a linker?
....
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| 10 Feb 2004 |
Should I go with Vpn.... |
Damn, Albert is probably right. Terminal Services....
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| 09 Feb 2004 |
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Drake -- I just looked at the Asta site and it loo....
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My opinion is you're probably going to run into in....
>> |
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Microsoft: Delphi fa.... |
'. . . like they did in the last 6 years. '
You....
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| 08 Feb 2004 |
Business idea pursui.... |
Joel has an interesting article comparing the Ben ....
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| 29 Jan 2004 |
Delphi compiles to s.... |
'A big thing for me in .NET has been the remoting.....
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| 25 Jan 2004 |
Anyone tried/used ZO.... |
BTW, I mentioned Ecco because it's particularly st....
>> |
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You might want to check out Ecco, an old Windows p....
>> |
| 21 Jan 2004 |
How Does GPL Work wi.... |
The issue of whether a non-gpl program can link to....
>> |
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Go to:
http://www.cheapbytes.com
There you c....
>> |
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Why 'win'word and no.... |
Don't know. But maybe it's because Word is t....
>> |
| 14 Jan 2004 |
Game development for.... |
I don't think many of the suggestions so far are s....
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| 12 Dec 2003 |
Simulate Slow Networ.... |
I've heard good things about NetLimiter, which cos....
>> |
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Programmers' Opinion.... |
Harvey's comment about 'spreadsheet compilers' rem....
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| 11 Dec 2003 |
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You might want to check out Developer Express' Exp....
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| 09 Dec 2003 |
Does C# is going to .... |
'But as a career choice of Delphi vs. C#, choosing....
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| 08 Dec 2003 |
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'Why shouldn't they just go straight to C#?'
....
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The new Delphi 8 is actually Delphi for .NET. So ....
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| 20 Nov 2003 |
Webapp GUI design |
One more suggestion that again might be something ....
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| 19 Nov 2003 |
Need a reasonable da.... |
Ori -- If you don't use the MySQL client libraries....
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| 18 Nov 2003 |
Choosing a "voice" f.... |
Another vote in favor of 'we'. Actually, I s....
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Need a reasonable da.... |
Before anyone suggests I'm being unreasonable towa....
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I agree completely with T. Norman.
I was cons....
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T. Norman's advice seems to me like the best so fa....
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| 16 Nov 2003 |
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'Hum, aren't Postgres and Firebird also GPL'ed? I ....
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| 15 Nov 2003 |
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Sorry, should have added that Firebird has both OD....
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The open source Firebird database might be an opti....
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| 07 Nov 2003 |
Is Linux more Secure.... |
To preface my comment, I should say that I don't r....
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| 04 Nov 2003 |
Help needed choosing.... |
Here's a link to another 'matrix', this time a fee....
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| 18 Oct 2003 |
How to remotely shut.... |
If something like the VNC solution sounds good, bu....
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| 12 Oct 2003 |
CMS: Support for WYS.... |
Frederic -- I don't think it uses XML-RPC, but are....
>> |
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Here's one that's available for free. It works on....
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| 07 Oct 2003 |
MSDE? |
'I prefer MSDE as an alternative to Access. You g....
>> |
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Stupid SQL Tricks |
Ditto on the crosstab thing. Here's an alternate ....
>> |
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free bug fixes = no-.... |
'Face it, errors are YOUR mistakes. Why should the....
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| 03 Oct 2003 |
Basic question, data.... |
You may want to check into managing your Access da....
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| 24 Sep 2003 |
GPL question |
'As for the GPL in general: if your own code links....
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| 22 Sep 2003 |
Unit testing a datab.... |
Here are a couple sites that might help:
http:/....
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| 17 Sep 2003 |
How to capture Real .... |
Sorry, just noticed that original poster wants to ....
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A different way of solving the problem, albeit one....
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| 29 Aug 2003 |
Help authoring mista.... |
Sounds like RoboHelp is the CrystalReports of help....
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Hiring a lawyer |
I'd agree that the best way is by word-of-mouth, a....
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| 28 Aug 2003 |
agreement to not wor.... |
'Herbert, as you would know, contracts can be and ....
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'Contrary to the assertions above, consulting a la....
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Philo oughta write a.... |
'I would probably trust the educated layman's opin....
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| 27 Aug 2003 |
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'an expensive and supposedly expert lawyer was ask....
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Not to say Philo shouldn't write a book, but there....
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| 26 Aug 2003 |
Lawyers, EULA, and C.... |
One thing seems sort of odd to me about the articl....
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| 25 Aug 2003 |
Sinding Large Image .... |
Lee -- Sorry about that last comment of mine; unfo....
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'Unless you're dealing w/ large uncompressed files....
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| 20 Aug 2003 |
freeware UML softwar.... |
Sorry, should have added that ESSModel works only ....
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Not exactly what you want, but it is free:
http....
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| 18 Aug 2003 |
Development Paltform.... |
Delphi runs on Windows and its sister product, Kyl....
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| 16 Aug 2003 |
Database Design tool.... |
Visio Enterprise has a complete implementation of ....
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| 11 Aug 2003 |
Developer Liability .... |
I agree with Mike, so long as we're talking about ....
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| 08 Aug 2003 |
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It certainly is a good idea to be insured. (And i....
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Is EDI still a hot t.... |
I'm curious, are there any tools out there that si....
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Was EDI a recent hot topic? I've done a bit of wo....
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| 03 Aug 2003 |
Philo and lawyers |
'Most 'hang your own shingle' articles for lawyers....
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One thing I should maybe have added to my original....
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You're quite right to question my saying it's easy....
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| 02 Aug 2003 |
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'Lawyers love to go to trial so that they can bill....
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When to design Web-b.... |
Real PC -- That misses the main issue of the threa....
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'The browser is just the interface to the applicat....
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| 30 Jul 2003 |
No realy, it is NOT .... |
'If the software depends upon the DLL and cannot r....
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'There are no hindrances to using GPL software for....
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Database Remoting (a.... |
Not sure whether you're already aware, but I think....
>> |
| 29 Jul 2003 |
Calculator recommend.... |
I have fond memories of a little HP 15C from my da....
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RAD-ng |
There's also always PythonCard:
http://pythonca....
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John K. -- For all I know you're the one who orig....
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Fiat |
Simon -- I guess I have no idea what you're talkin....
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| 28 Jul 2003 |
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Turns out there's lots of stuff on the net relevan....
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Here's a link to a brief paper suggesting that peo....
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Probably lots more errors and typos, but one I see....
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mb -- Quite right, I got it back asswards. Should....
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Simon said, 'But in this context I was implying th....
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| 27 Jul 2003 |
You Just Can't Kill .... |
Sorry, but I'm in the VB camp on this one.
Yes....
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| 25 Jul 2003 |
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I don't understand why case sensitivity is being m....
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Implicit References .... |
If the article you cant' find was written for Acce....
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| 24 Jul 2003 |
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This thread has gotten a bit confused. Dustin ori....
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That explains it. Look more closely at the articl....
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My bible on MS Access, the Getz/Litwin/Gilbert v.1....
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| 23 Jul 2003 |
Data modeling best p.... |
Seeing the table structures of other database appl....
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| 18 Jul 2003 |
I hate table definit.... |
ORM (Object Role Modeling) has been mentioned befo....
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Good sites for devel.... |
I almost never use GoogleGroups. Instead, I use ....
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| 17 Jul 2003 |
Logo designers <$.... |
Homo Sapien -- Disregard everything in the above p....
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| 16 Jul 2003 |
Scripting Languages? |
Speaking of Python and wxPython, you might want to....
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| 14 Jul 2003 |
Fancy smancy webish .... |
Developer Express has a control suite that can do ....
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contender apps for c.... |
Ximian Evolution has been getting quite a bit of p....
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Woops, that should have been more like "on top of"....
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Oh, and Plone, the cool content management system ....
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At least three more open source databases, each of....
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| 11 Jul 2003 |
ASP Basics |
Alai -- I don't see anything wrong with using ASP ....
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| 09 Jul 2003 |
Which printer is che.... |
Yes, OEM inkjet ink prices are outrageous, but the....
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| 08 Jul 2003 |
Integrating barcode .... |
Malcolm -- As others have said just scanning data....
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Which printer is che.... |
Here's a PCMag article comparing laser to inkjet t....
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| 07 Jul 2003 |
Reasoning.com and Sm.... |
Can't help you with your main question.
But her....
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| 25 Jun 2003 |
ee or cs? |
MarkTAW -- Regarding the spelling mistakes, for m....
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SSL Support in Apps .... |
Don't understand exactly what you're doing -- and ....
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| 17 Jun 2003 |
Database and OO: des.... |
I see that Developers Express has just released a ....
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| 11 Jun 2003 |
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There is a big disconnect. That's the whole reaso....
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| 06 Jun 2003 |
Embedded SQL server .... |
Sorry, I think the new embedded version of Firebir....
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Advantage Local Server is one good option: http:/....
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| 04 Jun 2003 |
Suggestions of progr.... |
I think Treepad is an outliner at heart: www.treep....
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| 01 Jun 2003 |
Paypal = good or bad.... |
I plan to set something like this up soon and the ....
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| 31 May 2003 |
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See also, http://directory.google.com/Top/Computer....
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I can't figure out why nobody has specifically men....
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| 30 May 2003 |
Database to object m.... |
Not an available framework itself, but here's a li....
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In the Delphi world I'm sure the Bold Framework th....
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| 23 May 2003 |
.Net Dataset - worth.... |
Billy Boy -- Well, I only used the term 'Table Mod....
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Anonymous (or whoever you are) -- Below are a few ....
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| 22 May 2003 |
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Brad -- Possible, I guess, but I don't think so. ....
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'Using a dataset as the centerpiece of an applicat....
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| 20 May 2003 |
Filtering Mechanism .... |
Stephen -- Sorry, I missed that.
Well, given ....
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| 19 May 2003 |
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But I still think the best solution is for Mark to....
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Oh, sorry, didn't realize the data was already imp....
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If Mark does have some general database knowledge,....
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I agree completely with Simon. Unless there's som....
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| 17 May 2003 |
Matrix Reloaded - on.... |
Hehe. Either that or Neo has become another ....
>> |
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Another interesting question: Will some of t....
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Eric -- That sounds good to me!
The big thing t....
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| 16 May 2003 |
Most satisifying sof.... |
I see Mitch & Murray (topic starter) lists the rac....
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| 15 May 2003 |
Access vs. MSDE |
Eric -- You're right, of course. And rechecking t....
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Hmm, is using MSDE with disconnected recordsets no....
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Eric -- OK, I can see now that you weren't suggest....
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I've never done it, but I seriously doubt whether ....
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The Craft of Program.... |
Mark -- I agree. I'm usually impressed by th....
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Real PC -- Cooper's certainly not saying that the ....
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Why isn't Delphi mor.... |
'Delphi's not as good as Visual Basic, basically.'....
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SILENT (&small) .... |
One problem with small pc's is making them silent.....
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Procomm or custom? |
Is there some reason you're limiting communication....
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Is a source manageme.... |
First, if you like programming the 'guts' of an ap....
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Has anyone ever used.... |
Sorry, I'm not certain, but I think the 'embedded'....
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Sorry, I haven't tried SAPDB, although it looks go....
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| 25 Apr 2003 |
Striking Out On Your.... |
Bored Bystander said, 'All our business can ever b....
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| 24 Apr 2003 |
IIT is highly overhy.... |
'At least IIT is as good as UIowa. Next step: wo....
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E.F. Codd passed awa.... |
Karel --
I agree, at least about Fabian Pascal....
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New Law... websites .... |
Refactor? In a massively huge non-orthogonal....
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tapiwa -- One of the first thing that lawyers lear....
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Professionals .... b.... |
Bill -- All lawyers are 'officers of the court' an....
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'A lot of people give free advice on this site. Is....
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Here's a link where you can read the actual NYTime....
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Maybe, but that doesn't mean their laws are any le....
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I'm not sure lawyers do love especially ambiguous ....
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With respect to reasons for professional accredita....
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tapiwa said, 'What I have a problem with is govt r....
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Lots of messages in this thread seem to assume tha....
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| 10 Apr 2003 |
Embedded database en.... |
DanP -- You might want to check out Advantage Loca....
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| 07 Apr 2003 |
The "Take What They .... |
Dino -- Yes, the KISS principle may be at the core....
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| 04 Apr 2003 |
The "Take What They Give You" Attitude
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employment agreement |
Well, I agree that it is difficult for laypeople t....
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I'm a former lawyer, and I would have to say I dis....
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| 02 Apr 2003 |
Can engineers learn .... |
Engineer -- My belief is that if you are sensitive....
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employment agreement |
My thoughts are that they are probably well within....
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| 31 Mar 2003 |
programming and the .... |
I'm a lawyer who left practice and is now making a....
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| 29 Mar 2003 |
Did Joel buy his cop.... |
RocketJeff -- First of all, I don't read the Progr....
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Another comment regarding the "standard practice" ....
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I don't seem to be able to find Joel's LeadTools r....
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| 28 Mar 2003 |
.Net/SQL Server ->.... |
The Movable Type framework is written in Perl, but....
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| 19 Mar 2003 |
DB schema updates in.... |
I don't think it covers exactly what you're talkin....
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| 16 Mar 2003 |
Automate Changes to .... |
You might try doing something with this ActiveX ut....
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| 15 Mar 2003 |
Terms |
The technical meaning of these terms has its origi....
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| 11 Mar 2003 |
MS Access or MSDE fo.... |
Well, Jet is getting old. And MS is trying to pus....
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Sergio said, 'The main reason I wanted MSDE was to....
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| 09 Mar 2003 |
Parade Magazine - Wh.... |
Pigs -- And what if you were 35 years old, married....
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| 06 Mar 2003 |
Book recommendations |
The book I'd recommend isn't specifically about UM....
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Where do bugs come f.... |
Nuttin said, 'Is there no market strategy that wou....
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Oldest Computer Maga.... |
I'm not sure they're thrown away yet or not. ....
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| 04 Mar 2003 |
Motley Fool has the .... |
Well Joel did say that in designing this board: 'T....
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| 03 Mar 2003 |
Web Services |
Sir -- Well, regarding the 'services' part of thin....
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Sir -- Yes, that is one reason, I guess. But what....
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Someone said: 'Web services = RPC using XML via HT....
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| 26 Feb 2003 |
Heisenberg effects |
Joel said, 'Discussing the forum itself, as I said....
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| 21 Feb 2003 |
FTP Relay? |
Sir -- Gotcha. OK, then I agree with you com....
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'If your Webserver gets rooted because of an ftpd ....
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Database Platform In.... |
fdwhitlark -- Or maybe you were just referring to ....
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'> My own application enforced referential integri....
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| 17 Feb 2003 |
Worst interviewer ev.... |
Nope. I'm saying that if there are things a prosp....
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Andrew --
I hope you see how the first and the ....
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'I do not feel this should be an illegal question.....
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| 16 Feb 2003 |
Acess woes |
Very Telling -- You sound like someone who's gotte....
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| 14 Feb 2003 |
Microphones |
I can tell there's an improvement in Joel's new sa....
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| 13 Feb 2003 |
What were your first.... |
Just remembered that the first computer I ever use....
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| 12 Feb 2003 |
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The original Radio Shack TRS-80 back in 1979. It ....
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| 10 Feb 2003 |
Peer 1, a right deci.... |
Actually, I don't think it would have been ethical....
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I'm also looking into using Peer1 as a result of J....
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Getting through comp.... |
Like training classes and seminars, I don't think ....
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Mental Health Issues.... |
Ged --
You said, 'Once you have been labeled a....
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Good resources for A.... |
Dave --
Bid2Win does look like an impressive p....
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| 09 Feb 2003 |
...another reason no.... |
Crusty Admin -- Were you Crusty Admin during the m....
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Mental Health Issues.... |
As a consultant who spends 90% of my time working ....
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| 07 Feb 2003 |
Good resources for A.... |
WNC may be right that what you really want is info....
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Access XP (also called Access 2002) is almost the ....
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| 27 Jan 2003 |
Easy VS. Good, and t.... |
Albert --
I just noticed that regarding MSDE yo....
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I get your point; I agree PostgreSQL is more diffi....
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| 23 Jan 2003 |
The Zone and being d.... |
I know the feeling. It's not unique to programmin....
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| 22 Jan 2003 |
Plan to throw one aw.... |
'My experience has always been that rewriting is f....
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| 21 Jan 2003 |
CityDesk Flash demo:.... |
Camtasia does make it a snap. You just record the....
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| 13 Jan 2003 |
Suggestions for virt.... |
Even on a shared Linux server, I doubt whether the....
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| 12 Jan 2003 |
Mad |
'He said 'How come this can already do almost ever....
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| 10 Jan 2003 |
embeddable open sour.... |
Firebird is great, and the Firebird docs do talk a....
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| 09 Jan 2003 |
Teaching Programming |
I put an extra space into the link above that was ....
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D-Robots! http://www.plasmacode.com
I ran ac....
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| 08 Jan 2003 |
Turbopower R.I.P. |
What 'demise in Borland's fortunes'?
As last w....
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To Mitch and Murray's list I would add one more, w....
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Anyone familiar w/ w.... |
I've used www.2mhost.com for a MovableType site. ....
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| 06 Jan 2003 |
Teaching Programming |
Dave B. said, 'As for having to have visually stim....
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The need of younger kids to have instant feedback ....
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Your 12 year old could have some fun with Toontalk....
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CityDesk Entity Clas.... |
My understanding was that even though CityDesk is ....
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best way to learn SQ.... |
Tim -- That sounds like a good way to go. I'd sti....
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| 05 Jan 2003 |
CityDesk Entity Clas.... |
So how is it that CityDesk would benefit from roll....
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| 03 Jan 2003 |
best way to learn SQ.... |
Soda -- That's fair. I still stand by what I said....
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Eric - Yes, you only have one join for three table....
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Tapiwa -- You need to specify the t3 table, of cou....
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Sorry, but saying 'SQL is easy you can learn it in....
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What Should I Do Wit.... |
Zaphod -- I know what you mean. My undergrad....
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| 02 Jan 2003 |
best way to learn SQ.... |
SQL for Dummies is actually not bad as an introduc....
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Is Linux as really s.... |
I remember reading headlines a couple years ago sa....
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| 01 Jan 2003 |
Mysql - Good or bad? |
There is no standard language for writing stored p....
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| 31 Dec 2002 |
VB6/ATL or .NET for .... |
Regarding the Delphi port to Delphi for .NET, you ....
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I would add that Garett's target users being devel....
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Hmm. Well, yes. ;)
Delphi can use ActiveX Com....
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| 30 Dec 2002 |
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Delphi always seems to get a plug in on this forum....
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Did you stake your c.... |
I'm not sure that finding an unexploited niche is ....
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| 24 Dec 2002 |
old dog, new trick? |
Well, there's no question that there are some real....
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| 23 Dec 2002 |
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Not sure whether JoeAA is being facetious or not, ....
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| 22 Dec 2002 |
Advice required: Doc.... |
Sorry, I guess I'm still not sure why Help&Manual,....
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| 19 Dec 2002 |
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Don't know exactly what your thinking of, but one ....
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| 15 Dec 2002 |
PHP vs ASP |
Hmmm. Well you can also run Apache on Windows if ....
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| 13 Dec 2002 |
Non .Net Language to.... |
I think you're right that Borland tools are genera....
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GiorgioG -- As far as Delphi is concerned, I woul....
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| 27 Nov 2002 |
Fox Pro |
I know next to nothing about FoxPro, but I would l....
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| 12 Nov 2002 |
Ownership rights for.... |
Rules regarding who owns the IP work product aren'....
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| 08 Nov 2002 |
Free (Or Nearly So) .... |
I agree with those who have said to get the best t....
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| 07 Nov 2002 |
Data validation: bes.... |
I know several of the Delphi-based n-tier solution....
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| 06 Nov 2002 |
PM Tries to do The R.... |
You say there are times when you've been unable to....
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| 05 Nov 2002 |
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I would strongly second sosay's advice in the seco....
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| 04 Nov 2002 |
Using Flash to build.... |
The new Camtasia Studio will record screen activit....
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Filemaker And cowork.... |
'Are there features in FileMaker or MS Access that....
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| 01 Nov 2002 |
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I should amend what I've said to clarify that, yes....
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Whoops, after reading your post again I wonder if ....
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You likely don't want to use Filemaker with someth....
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| 30 Oct 2002 |
J2EE vs .NET |
The context of the thing seems a bit odd to me. I....
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Making life make sen.... |
'The scepticism that I advocate amounts only to th....
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| 04 Oct 2002 |
GPA a factor? |
Oh, I forgot to say that I do agree that I do agre....
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When evaluating a potential new hire I would think....
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| 04 Sep 2002 |
How does support fit.... |
Thanks for the tips. I am planning to try to grow ....
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| 03 Sep 2002 |
How does support fit into business model?
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| 01 Sep 2002 |
Jet vs SQL Server fo.... |
Albert -- You said:
'The MDSE is clearly distri....
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| 31 Aug 2002 |
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Just to clarify regarding the supposedly free lice....
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| 30 Aug 2002 |
Can someone please e.... |
It was mentioned several times in previous posts, ....
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| 16 Aug 2002 |
Help! I'm dying here.... |
I think I see it midway down on this page:
http....
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MS Access |
Albert -- Great advice. I agree; I wish I'd said t....
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| 15 Aug 2002 |
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You aren't missing the point if you want to assemb....
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| 07 Aug 2002 |
Buy One Get 3 - Is t.... |
Mad Dog -- Despite my immediately previous post, I....
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Madman -- Well, I just did a quick check on share ....
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| 06 Aug 2002 |
Are LCD screens bett.... |
LCD's have no harmful radiation, no flicker, and p....
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Do you use the best .... |
Much of this thread has assumed that we're talking....
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| 02 Aug 2002 |
the best company to .... |
"asset" -- If you own your own company then you ge....
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| 31 Jul 2002 |
what do you guys dev.... |
I do consulting work and develop mostly small in-h....
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| 06 Jun 2002 |
Computer Science quo.... |
Sorry, I don't think the Leibniz quote has anythin....
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| 20 May 2002 |
Project Management S.... |
This topic has been discussed before on this board....
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| 11 May 2002 |
Who owns consultants.... |
In the preceding post, the paragraph that begins, ....
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X.J. said, 'The basic summary is that the consulta....
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| 09 May 2002 |
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getalawyer said, 'Most consulting work IS work for....
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| 07 May 2002 |
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Just to clarify the last few posts:
There is a ....
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does fog creek charg.... |
I agree with Consultatron about auto mechanics. Th....
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(Wish I could edit my last message.)
Another re....
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Nonconsultant -- Your description of what happens ....
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| 06 May 2002 |
Where do you go to f.... |
You can find a large number of proprietary tools a....
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| 02 May 2002 |
"tough luck" for ISV.... |
Wouldn't it be pretty easy to design a little desk....
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| 28 Apr 2002 |
are other areas of p.... |
Tired said: 'Anyway, rather than the standard long....
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| 18 Apr 2002 |
Good Book on VBA |
VBA Developer's Handbook is an excellent book, but....
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| 28 Mar 2002 |
Link to Joel removed.... |
Well, from what I do know of Dave W., he's big int....
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| 11 Mar 2002 |
"The Way Good Softwa.... |
Banana Fred -- I don't think so, but it's possible....
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Mike -- I'm a former lawyer (worked at Perkins Coi....
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'Programmers: He is at court arguing for his produ....
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| 29 Jan 2002 |
Dave Winer's Spin on.... |
For those who don't know and who might be interest....
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| 24 Jan 2002 |
Your thoughts on ASP.... |
Walter: Point taken.
As someone who develops p....
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| 22 Jan 2002 |
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Some of the things I'm reading in this thread seem....
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| 10 Jan 2002 |
Age/Years in softwar.... |
38/2, for a ratio of 19.
A former lawyer, I'm ....
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| 08 Jan 2002 |
Fire and Motion |
Mountain Smog -- Another possible argument that mi....
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| 07 Jan 2002 |
How old are you ? |
38, and you all make me feel like an old man.
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Fire and Motion |
Dare I ask? Given that Joel is pretty much dead on....
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| 30 Dec 2001 |
Advice on starting a.... |
I have similar, more limited, aims. More like havi....
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| 28 Dec 2001 |
Programming "Standar.... |
You can take a look at the Reddick VBA naming conv....
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| 23 Dec 2001 |
Coding, visually? |
Complications with 'reading', editing, and debuggi....
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| 22 Dec 2001 |
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Anyone interested in a truly 'through and through'....
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