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Number of Comments: 425
Number of Words: 67,891
First Comment: 22 Dec 2001
Final Comment: 01 Sep 2004

Number of Topics Posted: 5
First Topic: 03 Sep 2002
Latest Topic: 16 Aug 2004
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01 Sep 2004   Why buy tech support....   Something is screwy in that Software Assurance pri....   >>  
28 Aug 2004   Best add-ons for Del....   Not exactly an add-on, but you might want to check....   >>  
      A third recommendation for GExperts.  I, too,....   >>  
      Code Rush has a mountain of features and takes tim....   >>  
26 Aug 2004   marketing to develop....   I don't know about other language vendors, but one....   >>  
22 Aug 2004   Creating an Outlook ....   DevExpress also makes available a 'best practices'....   >>  
18 Aug 2004   Eiffell: Pro's and C....   I've never used Eiffel. But one of the big advant....   >>  
16 Aug 2004   Why learn basic search and sort algorithms?   >>  
16 Aug 2004   Why learn basic sear....   >'The whole idea of working at a high-level of >....   >>  
      'Search and sort algorithms are a great introducti....   >>  
      Shane -- I agree with what you say. I think the a....   >>  
15 Aug 2004   What makes a great p....   I sit and I shit.    >>  
14 Aug 2004      Muppet -- Nope.  All great artists poop. ....   >>  
      Kalani -- That brings to mind the idea of simplici....   >>  
12 Aug 2004   Good tips on downsiz....   If, as I'm beginning to suspect, this setup is sup....   >>  
      Chris -- My question exactly.  The whole scen....   >>  
11 Aug 2004      If ease of use is the issue, I'm betting it would ....   >>  
      Although you could do it, I agree with Anon above ....   >>  
      With Jet you would most likely want to use ADO, to....   >>  
06 Aug 2004   Good forms design re....   Albert -- I'm surprised, I would have thought you'....   >>  
   Logo design costs   DesignOutpost is an interesting website where you ....   >>  
05 Aug 2004   Binding services for....   Kinko's has it covered. Just go through the 'Prin....   >>  
   Platform for Commerc....   To add to the post a couple messages up that menti....   >>  
28 Jul 2004   .NET Winforms contro....   Sorry, that Developer Express link should have bee....   >>  
      No experience with Infragistics or Janus suites. ....   >>  
27 Jul 2004   Paying a Sales Guy   'I will most certainly need a sales guy to make my....   >>  
26 Jul 2004   Templating systems f....   'If you want to judge ASP.NET as a development pla....   >>  
      'Codesmith is a code generator that uses ASPX-like....   >>  
      I'm not exactly sure what you're looking for, but ....   >>  
20 Jul 2004   Advantage Database S....   Another thing that should be mentioned about Advan....   >>  
      I should have added that both DBISAM and NexusDB a....   >>  
      Advantage has a good reputation in the Delphi comm....   >>  
19 Jul 2004   Free syntax highligh....   Programmer's Notepad is a nice piece of software. ....   >>  
16 Jul 2004   PHP and references   Hmm, that's certainly a nice friendly way to ask f....   >>  
14 Jul 2004   Database Pooling - I....   It's possible to initiate a new connection wheneve....   >>  
02 Jul 2004   Good software takes ....   'My software always works as perfectly the first t....   >>  
29 Jun 2004   Technical book publi....   'Wrox died; Apress bought most of their IP but not....   >>  
28 Jun 2004   My word processing e....   So long as we're sharing: I used to be temp off....   >>  
   Best practices archi....   ACDSee, which someone already mentioned, is pretty....   >>  
24 Jun 2004   Dennis Forbes' new IIS hole?   >>  
24 Jun 2004   The software ecosyst....   'Clearly, Microsoft has a monopoly on the Windows ....   >>  
21 Jun 2004   8 yr old game design....   Toontalk, a visual programming environment, design....   >>  
   Good and cheap POP3 ....   The open source Indy project may be what you're lo....   >>  
   Portable Business lo....   Matthew -- Well, I'm making shrinkwrap so the clie....   >>  
      Matthew -- I'm not too worried. Users will mostly....   >>  
      Captain McFly -- Well, for example, constraints in....   >>  
      'Business logic (aka constraints) belong in the DB....   >>  
      'Why validate and revalidate at each of several la....   >>  
      You can put settings/code for your business rules ....   >>  
17 Jun 2004   Productivity advance....   Gunnar -- Hmm, seems like you may be disputing tha....   >>  
      Gunnar -- I think we're in complete agreement. ....   >>  
      A data grid is probably the prototypical example o....   >>  
16 Jun 2004      At least for business apps where the UI is often t....   >>  
   The future API is HT....   I don't think even Rich Client advocates claim tha....   >>  
15 Jun 2004   Maybe It's Not That ....   Seems like an appropriate place to plug the book a....   >>  
      'To the people that lose their jobs, and as a resu....   >>  
14 Jun 2004   Video Capture?   Believe it or not, the proper pronunciation of 'Ha....   >>  
      Second the Hauppage cards as probably the best ine....   >>  
   Ethics of running an....   I like Joel's articles. At least I used to, seems....   >>  
11 Jun 2004   Where can I find jus....   Here's a source I found out about when, I think, A....   >>  
08 Jun 2004   Good alternative to ....   I did a quick yahoo search for '+vb6 +ide +addin' ....   >>  
05 Jun 2004   MYSQL in trouble   The main thing holding PostgreSQL back has obvious....   >>  
04 Jun 2004      So CA open sources Ingres. MySQL already has ....   >>  
03 Jun 2004   Long-term prospects of Win32 development   >>  
03 Jun 2004   Long-term prospects ....   Whoops, before some corrects me I should say it's ....   >>  
      Maybe even more interesting is that it appears tha....   >>  
   Ayn Rand   This may be one of the best accounts of what's goo....   >>  
   Best language for GU....   Delphi with RemObjects: http://www.remobjects.com    >>  
02 Jun 2004   Daughter needs a lap....   IBM T41 gets my vote. Fast Pentium M, 1400x1050 s....   >>  
01 Jun 2004   VB at the Movies   Funny you should ask.  I just got mine today.   >>  
31 May 2004   Motivation   'Can you find a mentor-like person? Someone you ca....   >>  
30 May 2004   If business is so ......   'In fact, a bigger question. Would it be 'possible....   >>  
      Probably a lot of reasons that more people don't t....   >>  
   But, but... I though....   Isn't it obvious that on the internet there is no ....   >>  
   Tips & Tricks to....   Building an installer for ODBC/MDAC and your .exe ....   >>  
29 May 2004      I think you're right about DBISAM. Technically, I....   >>  
28 May 2004   When you have to be ....   'I wonder why all your articles are about more or ....   >>  
   Unix books   I'll third Unix Power Tools.  It makes learni....   >>  
   Explain why emacs is....   Christopher -- I'm not into Python (yet), but isn'....   >>  
   Should I retire?   'There's no guarantee that US market will be as su....   >>  
      Those numbers in previous post are of course refer....   >>  
      'there are booms, busts and vey long periods of li....   >>  
      'I just don't trust the stock market. It's like g....   >>  
   Tips & Tricks to....   Older versions if Windows work fine with multi-use....   >>  
27 May 2004   How to center text i....   'So i have to go and manually resize all my textbo....   >>  
      Sorry, things may be complicated because you're us....   >>  
      You can highlight the cell, right-click, and from ....   >>  
26 May 2004   Programmers not peop....   'As with most discussions on JOS, this issue turns....   >>  
      '. . . people are basically an I/O device. One w....   >>  
   Opening my mind   Yep, learn by doing. Hit a roadblock where you ca....   >>  
24 May 2004   Why Do We Need Gener....   The question really isn't 'Why do I need them?', s....   >>  
   How soon will SUN Mi....   'Take any trend, assume that it will continue inde....   >>  
      'Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday): N/A Forward P....   >>  
17 May 2004   Would a Wiki Work?   If they acclimate to the Wiki culture seems like t....   >>  
13 May 2004   Lower cost alternate....   'Besides, it's not like they're explicitly making ....   >>  
      Win4Lin may be a good alternative for you: http....   >>  
   Longhorn in 2007. To....   Dennis is right (surprise!). Looks like it will b....   >>  
12 May 2004   Automated testing of....   Not free, but TestComplete is supposed to be one o....   >>  
08 May 2004   Does commissioning a....   What damage? Microsoft has commissioned lots ....   >>  
   Delphi + CORBA vs. J....   If you do stick with Delphi, you might want to che....   >>  
07 May 2004   Build/buy a quiet PC   One other good resource is the 'Case and Cooling F....   >>  
06 May 2004   How good is POSTGRE ....   Chris -- ;) Yes, hard to tell how to take that ....   >>  
      '> SQL server is much easier to use, mySQL is bett....   >>  
04 May 2004   U.S. Is Losing Its D....   I'm 40 years old, and I'm sure I've been reading a....   >>  
02 May 2004   Accessing DBMS remot....   >> Firebird is the less problematic in terms of st....   >>  
30 Apr 2004   more great open sour....   'This criticism of open source UI irks me a little....   >>  
29 Apr 2004   What are the real be....   Running off the .NET CLR is also supposed to give ....   >>  
27 Apr 2004   Delphi/J2EE Integrat....   The Delphi remoting library called 'kbmMW' has som....   >>  
   Delphi for .net : ma....   'Don't say that Delphi 7 can retain this position ....   >>  
23 Apr 2004   Perfectionism   Ron -- So I guess you aren't one of the people tha....   >>  
18 Apr 2004   Downloading files us....   I know next to nothing about serial communications....   >>  
17 Apr 2004   Bugs in Delphi 7 ?   Same here. I don't run across bugs. Like Craig I....   >>  
15 Apr 2004   Delphi   Whoa, thanks for the correction. Much different f....   >>  
      'Would Kylix and Delphi be a viable combo for writ....   >>  
   Intro to Visual Stud....   Sorry, should have said, "but I think it's mislead....   >>  
      BoredByStander said, 'But it occurs to me that by ....   >>  
09 Apr 2004   Ms Access, mysql and....   'i don't want my boss linking into the live data. ....   >>  
08 Apr 2004   Is Access2000 suitab....   Access/Jet db's can get corrupted, but if it's goi....   >>  
27 Mar 2004   top ten software fir....   Okay, okay, it's all fine.  Sorry for the ran....   >>  
      All this information information is publicly avail....   >>  
      Looking more closely it looks like Joel was quotin....   >>  
      Michael -- Were you meaning to imply that they got....   >>  
26 Mar 2004   Good ASP hosting pro....   You can get a lot of opinions about dedicated serv....   >>  
25 Mar 2004   Built-in SQL support....   I feel almost like I'm becoming a Delphi evangelis....   >>  
23 Mar 2004   Help me with this de....   Although, I guess, continued development of the Li....   >>  
      Hmm, I'm not sure the Delphi situation is so grim.....   >>  
      Don't you have some history with Delphi? You co....   >>  
11 Mar 2004   Need to run a Window....   You might try 'Remote Office', some fairly new rem....   >>  
10 Mar 2004   Can you learn .NET a....   Chris Tavares said, 'I guess I'm just saying that ....   >>  
09 Mar 2004      Mark Hoffman said, 'Clearly, you probably aren't g....   >>  
06 Mar 2004   Service oriented arc....   Fool, did you actually look at RemObjects? Or are....   >>  
05 Mar 2004      Whatever 'Service Oriented Architecture is, this c....   >>  
03 Mar 2004   Report development   Matt -- Report writers can do quite a bit more tha....   >>  
24 Feb 2004   Ultralights   As far as I know, there is no such thing as a 'Cen....   >>  
      'They are those sub-4 pounders with 6 pounds of ac....   >>  
23 Feb 2004   Firebird 1.5 Final R....   Sir -- I think that's right; if Joel is using Jet....   >>  
      Sir -- I apologize, I should have read your entire....   >>  
      Sir -- The distinction between a true 'database se....   >>  
22 Feb 2004      To Jet? Well, first of all, it's a true database ....   >>  
20 Feb 2004   .Net linker redux   Whoops, thought this thread was about little piece....   >>  
      FoxPro beat dBase because FoxPro had a linker? ....   >>  
10 Feb 2004   Should I go with Vpn....   Damn, Albert is probably right. Terminal Services....   >>  
09 Feb 2004      Drake -- I just looked at the Asta site and it loo....   >>  
      My opinion is you're probably going to run into in....   >>  
   Microsoft: Delphi fa....   '. . . like they did in the last 6 years. ' You....   >>  
08 Feb 2004   Business idea pursui....   Joel has an interesting article comparing the Ben ....   >>  
29 Jan 2004   Delphi compiles to s....   'A big thing for me in .NET has been the remoting.....   >>  
25 Jan 2004   Anyone tried/used ZO....   BTW, I mentioned Ecco because it's particularly st....   >>  
      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....   >>  
      Go to: http://www.cheapbytes.com There you c....   >>  
   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....   >>  
12 Dec 2003   Simulate Slow Networ....   I've heard good things about NetLimiter, which cos....   >>  
   Programmers' Opinion....   Harvey's comment about 'spreadsheet compilers' rem....   >>  
11 Dec 2003      You might want to check out Developer Express' Exp....   >>  
09 Dec 2003   Does C# is going to ....   'But as a career choice of Delphi vs. C#, choosing....   >>  
08 Dec 2003      'Why shouldn't they just go straight to C#?' ....   >>  
      The new Delphi 8 is actually Delphi for .NET. So ....   >>  
20 Nov 2003   Webapp GUI design   One more suggestion that again might be something ....   >>  
19 Nov 2003   Need a reasonable da....   Ori -- If you don't use the MySQL client libraries....   >>  
18 Nov 2003   Choosing a "voice" f....   Another vote in favor of 'we'.  Actually, I s....   >>  
   Need a reasonable da....   Before anyone suggests I'm being unreasonable towa....   >>  
      I agree completely with T. Norman. I was cons....   >>  
      T. Norman's advice seems to me like the best so fa....   >>  
16 Nov 2003      'Hum, aren't Postgres and Firebird also GPL'ed? I ....   >>  
15 Nov 2003      Sorry, should have added that Firebird has both OD....   >>  
      The open source Firebird database might be an opti....   >>  
07 Nov 2003   Is Linux more Secure....   To preface my comment, I should say that I don't r....   >>  
04 Nov 2003   Help needed choosing....   Here's a link to another 'matrix', this time a fee....   >>  
18 Oct 2003   How to remotely shut....   If something like the VNC solution sounds good, bu....   >>  
12 Oct 2003   CMS: Support for WYS....   Frederic -- I don't think it uses XML-RPC, but are....   >>  
      Here's one that's available for free. It works on....   >>  
07 Oct 2003   MSDE?   'I prefer MSDE as an alternative to Access. You g....   >>  
   Stupid SQL Tricks   Ditto on the crosstab thing. Here's an alternate ....   >>  
   free bug fixes = no-....   'Face it, errors are YOUR mistakes. Why should the....   >>  
03 Oct 2003   Basic question, data....   You may want to check into managing your Access da....   >>  
24 Sep 2003   GPL question   'As for the GPL in general: if your own code links....   >>  
22 Sep 2003   Unit testing a datab....   Here are a couple sites that might help: http:/....   >>  
17 Sep 2003   How to capture Real ....   Sorry, just noticed that original poster wants to ....   >>  
      A different way of solving the problem, albeit one....   >>  
29 Aug 2003   Help authoring mista....   Sounds like RoboHelp is the CrystalReports of help....   >>  
   Hiring a lawyer   I'd agree that the best way is by word-of-mouth, a....   >>  
28 Aug 2003   agreement to not wor....   'Herbert, as you would know, contracts can be and ....   >>  
      'Contrary to the assertions above, consulting a la....   >>  
   Philo oughta write a....   'I would probably trust the educated layman's opin....   >>  
27 Aug 2003      'an expensive and supposedly expert lawyer was ask....   >>  
      Not to say Philo shouldn't write a book, but there....   >>  
26 Aug 2003   Lawyers, EULA, and C....   One thing seems sort of odd to me about the articl....   >>  
25 Aug 2003   Sinding Large Image ....   Lee -- Sorry about that last comment of mine; unfo....   >>  
      'Unless you're dealing w/ large uncompressed files....   >>  
20 Aug 2003   freeware UML softwar....   Sorry, should have added that ESSModel works only ....   >>  
      Not exactly what you want, but it is free: http....   >>  
18 Aug 2003   Development Paltform....   Delphi runs on Windows and its sister product, Kyl....   >>  
16 Aug 2003   Database Design tool....   Visio Enterprise has a complete implementation of ....   >>  
11 Aug 2003   Developer Liability ....   I agree with Mike, so long as we're talking about ....   >>  
08 Aug 2003      It certainly is a good idea to be insured. (And i....   >>  
   Is EDI still a hot t....   I'm curious, are there any tools out there that si....   >>  
      Was EDI a recent hot topic? I've done a bit of wo....   >>  
03 Aug 2003   Philo and lawyers   'Most 'hang your own shingle' articles for lawyers....   >>  
      One thing I should maybe have added to my original....   >>  
      You're quite right to question my saying it's easy....   >>  
02 Aug 2003      'Lawyers love to go to trial so that they can bill....   >>  
   When to design Web-b....   Real PC -- That misses the main issue of the threa....   >>  
      'The browser is just the interface to the applicat....   >>  
30 Jul 2003   No realy, it is NOT ....   'If the software depends upon the DLL and cannot r....   >>  
      'There are no hindrances to using GPL software for....   >>  
   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....   >>  
   RAD-ng   There's also always PythonCard: http://pythonca....   >>  
      John K. -- For all I know you're the one who orig....   >>  
   Fiat   Simon -- I guess I have no idea what you're talkin....   >>  
28 Jul 2003      Turns out there's lots of stuff on the net relevan....   >>  
      Here's a link to a brief paper suggesting that peo....   >>  
      Probably lots more errors and typos, but one I see....   >>  
      mb -- Quite right, I got it back asswards. Should....   >>  
      Simon said, 'But in this context I was implying th....   >>  
27 Jul 2003   You Just Can't Kill ....   Sorry, but I'm in the VB camp on this one. Yes....   >>  
25 Jul 2003      I don't understand why case sensitivity is being m....   >>  
   Implicit References ....   If the article you cant' find was written for Acce....   >>  
24 Jul 2003      This thread has gotten a bit confused. Dustin ori....   >>  
      That explains it. Look more closely at the articl....   >>  
      My bible on MS Access, the Getz/Litwin/Gilbert v.1....   >>  
23 Jul 2003   Data modeling best p....   Seeing the table structures of other database appl....   >>  
18 Jul 2003   I hate table definit....   ORM (Object Role Modeling) has been mentioned befo....   >>  
   Good sites for devel....   I almost never use GoogleGroups. Instead, I use ....   >>  
17 Jul 2003   Logo designers <$....   Homo Sapien -- Disregard everything in the above p....   >>  
16 Jul 2003   Scripting Languages?   Speaking of Python and wxPython, you might want to....   >>  
14 Jul 2003   Fancy smancy webish ....   Developer Express has a control suite that can do ....   >>  
   contender apps for c....   Ximian Evolution has been getting quite a bit of p....   >>  
      Woops, that should have been more like "on top of"....   >>  
      Oh, and Plone, the cool content management system ....   >>  
      At least three more open source databases, each of....   >>  
11 Jul 2003   ASP Basics   Alai -- I don't see anything wrong with using ASP ....   >>  
09 Jul 2003   Which printer is che....   Yes, OEM inkjet ink prices are outrageous, but the....   >>  
08 Jul 2003   Integrating barcode ....   Malcolm -- As others have said just scanning data....   >>  
   Which printer is che....   Here's a PCMag article comparing laser to inkjet t....   >>  
07 Jul 2003   Reasoning.com and Sm....   Can't help you with your main question. But her....   >>  
25 Jun 2003   ee or cs?   MarkTAW -- Regarding the spelling mistakes, for m....   >>  
   SSL Support in Apps ....   Don't understand exactly what you're doing -- and ....   >>  
17 Jun 2003   Database and OO: des....   I see that Developers Express has just released a ....   >>  
11 Jun 2003      There is a big disconnect. That's the whole reaso....   >>  
06 Jun 2003   Embedded SQL server ....   Sorry, I think the new embedded version of Firebir....   >>  
      Advantage Local Server is one good option: http:/....   >>  
04 Jun 2003   Suggestions of progr....   I think Treepad is an outliner at heart: www.treep....   >>  
01 Jun 2003   Paypal = good or bad....   I plan to set something like this up soon and the ....   >>  
31 May 2003      See also, http://directory.google.com/Top/Computer....   >>  
      I can't figure out why nobody has specifically men....   >>  
30 May 2003   Database to object m....   Not an available framework itself, but here's a li....   >>  
      In the Delphi world I'm sure the Bold Framework th....   >>  
23 May 2003   .Net Dataset - worth....   Billy Boy -- Well, I only used the term 'Table Mod....   >>  
      Anonymous (or whoever you are) -- Below are a few ....   >>  
22 May 2003      Brad -- Possible, I guess, but I don't think so. ....   >>  
      'Using a dataset as the centerpiece of an applicat....   >>  
20 May 2003   Filtering Mechanism ....   Stephen -- Sorry, I missed that. Well, given ....   >>  
19 May 2003      But I still think the best solution is for Mark to....   >>  
      Oh, sorry, didn't realize the data was already imp....   >>  
      If Mark does have some general database knowledge,....   >>  
      I agree completely with Simon. Unless there's som....   >>  
17 May 2003   Matrix Reloaded - on....   Hehe.  Either that or Neo has become another ....   >>  
      Another interesting question:  Will some of t....   >>  
      Eric -- That sounds good to me! The big thing t....   >>  
16 May 2003   Most satisifying sof....   I see Mitch & Murray (topic starter) lists the rac....   >>  
15 May 2003   Access vs. MSDE   Eric -- You're right, of course. And rechecking t....   >>  
      Hmm, is using MSDE with disconnected recordsets no....   >>  
      Eric -- OK, I can see now that you weren't suggest....   >>  
      I've never done it, but I seriously doubt whether ....   >>  
12 May 2003   The Craft of Program....   Mark -- I agree.  I'm usually impressed by th....   >>  
11 May 2003      Real PC -- Cooper's certainly not saying that the ....   >>  
09 May 2003   Why isn't Delphi mor....   'Delphi's not as good as Visual Basic, basically.'....   >>  
08 May 2003   SILENT (&small) ....   One problem with small pc's is making them silent.....   >>  
06 May 2003   Procomm or custom?   Is there some reason you're limiting communication....   >>  
04 May 2003   Is a source manageme....   First, if you like programming the 'guts' of an ap....   >>  
   Has anyone ever used....   Sorry, I'm not certain, but I think the 'embedded'....   >>  
      Sorry, I haven't tried SAPDB, although it looks go....   >>  
25 Apr 2003   Striking Out On Your....   Bored Bystander said, 'All our business can ever b....   >>  
24 Apr 2003   IIT is highly overhy....   'At least IIT is as good as UIowa. Next step: wo....   >>  
   E.F. Codd passed awa....   Karel -- I agree, at least about Fabian Pascal....   >>  
17 Apr 2003   New Law... websites ....   Refactor?  In a massively huge non-orthogonal....   >>  
15 Apr 2003      tapiwa -- One of the first thing that lawyers lear....   >>  
   Professionals .... b....   Bill -- All lawyers are 'officers of the court' an....   >>  
14 Apr 2003      'A lot of people give free advice on this site. Is....   >>  
      Here's a link where you can read the actual NYTime....   >>  
      Maybe, but that doesn't mean their laws are any le....   >>  
      I'm not sure lawyers do love especially ambiguous ....   >>  
11 Apr 2003      With respect to reasons for professional accredita....   >>  
      tapiwa said, 'What I have a problem with is govt r....   >>  
      Lots of messages in this thread seem to assume tha....   >>  
10 Apr 2003   Embedded database en....   DanP -- You might want to check out Advantage Loca....   >>  
07 Apr 2003   The "Take What They ....   Dino -- Yes, the KISS principle may be at the core....   >>  
04 Apr 2003   The "Take What They Give You" Attitude   >>  
04 Apr 2003   employment agreement   Well, I agree that it is difficult for laypeople t....   >>  
03 Apr 2003      I'm a former lawyer, and I would have to say I dis....   >>  
02 Apr 2003   Can engineers learn ....   Engineer -- My belief is that if you are sensitive....   >>  
   employment agreement   My thoughts are that they are probably well within....   >>  
31 Mar 2003   programming and the ....   I'm a lawyer who left practice and is now making a....   >>  
29 Mar 2003   Did Joel buy his cop....   RocketJeff -- First of all, I don't read the Progr....   >>  
      Another comment regarding the "standard practice" ....   >>  
      I don't seem to be able to find Joel's LeadTools r....   >>  
28 Mar 2003   .Net/SQL Server ->....   The Movable Type framework is written in Perl, but....   >>  
19 Mar 2003   DB schema updates in....   I don't think it covers exactly what you're talkin....   >>  
16 Mar 2003   Automate Changes to ....   You might try doing something with this ActiveX ut....   >>  
15 Mar 2003   Terms   The technical meaning of these terms has its origi....   >>  
11 Mar 2003   MS Access or MSDE fo....   Well, Jet is getting old. And MS is trying to pus....   >>  
      Sergio said, 'The main reason I wanted MSDE was to....   >>  
09 Mar 2003   Parade Magazine - Wh....   Pigs -- And what if you were 35 years old, married....   >>  
06 Mar 2003   Book recommendations   The book I'd recommend isn't specifically about UM....   >>  
   Where do bugs come f....   Nuttin said, 'Is there no market strategy that wou....   >>  
   Oldest Computer Maga....   I'm not sure they're thrown away yet or not. ....   >>  
04 Mar 2003   Motley Fool has the ....   Well Joel did say that in designing this board: 'T....   >>  
03 Mar 2003   Web Services   Sir -- Well, regarding the 'services' part of thin....   >>  
      Sir -- Yes, that is one reason, I guess. But what....   >>  
28 Feb 2003      Someone said: 'Web services = RPC using XML via HT....   >>  
26 Feb 2003   Heisenberg effects   Joel said, 'Discussing the forum itself, as I said....   >>  
21 Feb 2003   FTP Relay?   Sir -- Gotcha.  OK, then I agree with you com....   >>  
      'If your Webserver gets rooted because of an ftpd ....   >>  
   Database Platform In....   fdwhitlark -- Or maybe you were just referring to ....   >>  
      '> My own application enforced referential integri....   >>  
17 Feb 2003   Worst interviewer ev....   Nope. I'm saying that if there are things a prosp....   >>  
      Andrew -- I hope you see how the first and the ....   >>  
      'I do not feel this should be an illegal question.....   >>  
16 Feb 2003   Acess woes   Very Telling -- You sound like someone who's gotte....   >>  
14 Feb 2003   Microphones   I can tell there's an improvement in Joel's new sa....   >>  
13 Feb 2003   What were your first....   Just remembered that the first computer I ever use....   >>  
12 Feb 2003      The original Radio Shack TRS-80 back in 1979. It ....   >>  
10 Feb 2003   Peer 1, a right deci....   Actually, I don't think it would have been ethical....   >>  
      I'm also looking into using Peer1 as a result of J....   >>  
   Getting through comp....   Like training classes and seminars, I don't think ....   >>  
   Mental Health Issues....   Ged -- You said, 'Once you have been labeled a....   >>  
   Good resources for A....   Dave -- Bid2Win does look like an impressive p....   >>  
09 Feb 2003   ...another reason no....   Crusty Admin -- Were you Crusty Admin during the m....   >>  
   Mental Health Issues....   As a consultant who spends 90% of my time working ....   >>  
07 Feb 2003   Good resources for A....   WNC may be right that what you really want is info....   >>  
      Access XP (also called Access 2002) is almost the ....   >>  
27 Jan 2003   Easy VS. Good, and t....   Albert -- I just noticed that regarding MSDE yo....   >>  
      I get your point; I agree PostgreSQL is more diffi....   >>  
23 Jan 2003   The Zone and being d....   I know the feeling. It's not unique to programmin....   >>  
22 Jan 2003   Plan to throw one aw....   'My experience has always been that rewriting is f....   >>  
21 Jan 2003   CityDesk Flash demo:....   Camtasia does make it a snap. You just record the....   >>  
13 Jan 2003   Suggestions for virt....   Even on a shared Linux server, I doubt whether the....   >>  
12 Jan 2003   Mad   'He said 'How come this can already do almost ever....   >>  
10 Jan 2003   embeddable open sour....   Firebird is great, and the Firebird docs do talk a....   >>  
09 Jan 2003   Teaching Programming   I put an extra space into the link above that was ....   >>  
      D-Robots! http://www.plasmacode.com I ran ac....   >>  
08 Jan 2003   Turbopower R.I.P.   What 'demise in Borland's fortunes'? As last w....   >>  
      To Mitch and Murray's list I would add one more, w....   >>  
   Anyone familiar w/ w....   I've used www.2mhost.com for a MovableType site. ....   >>  
06 Jan 2003   Teaching Programming   Dave B. said, 'As for having to have visually stim....   >>  
      The need of younger kids to have instant feedback ....   >>  
      Your 12 year old could have some fun with Toontalk....   >>  
   CityDesk Entity Clas....   My understanding was that even though CityDesk is ....   >>  
   best way to learn SQ....   Tim -- That sounds like a good way to go. I'd sti....   >>  
05 Jan 2003   CityDesk Entity Clas....   So how is it that CityDesk would benefit from roll....   >>  
03 Jan 2003   best way to learn SQ....   Soda -- That's fair. I still stand by what I said....   >>  
      Eric - Yes, you only have one join for three table....   >>  
      Tapiwa -- You need to specify the t3 table, of cou....   >>  
      Sorry, but saying 'SQL is easy you can learn it in....   >>  
   What Should I Do Wit....   Zaphod -- I know what you mean.  My undergrad....   >>  
02 Jan 2003   best way to learn SQ....   SQL for Dummies is actually not bad as an introduc....   >>  
   Is Linux as really s....   I remember reading headlines a couple years ago sa....   >>  
01 Jan 2003   Mysql - Good or bad?   There is no standard language for writing stored p....   >>  
31 Dec 2002   VB6/ATL or .NET for ....   Regarding the Delphi port to Delphi for .NET, you ....   >>  
      I would add that Garett's target users being devel....   >>  
      Hmm. Well, yes. ;) Delphi can use ActiveX Com....   >>  
30 Dec 2002      Delphi always seems to get a plug in on this forum....   >>  
   Did you stake your c....   I'm not sure that finding an unexploited niche is ....   >>  
24 Dec 2002   old dog, new trick?   Well, there's no question that there are some real....   >>  
23 Dec 2002      Not sure whether JoeAA is being facetious or not, ....   >>  
22 Dec 2002   Advice required: Doc....   Sorry, I guess I'm still not sure why Help&Manual,....   >>  
19 Dec 2002      Don't know exactly what your thinking of, but one ....   >>  
15 Dec 2002   PHP vs ASP   Hmmm. Well you can also run Apache on Windows if ....   >>  
13 Dec 2002   Non .Net Language to....   I think you're right that Borland tools are genera....   >>  
      GiorgioG -- As far as Delphi is concerned, I woul....   >>  
27 Nov 2002   Fox Pro   I know next to nothing about FoxPro, but I would l....   >>  
12 Nov 2002   Ownership rights for....   Rules regarding who owns the IP work product aren'....   >>  
08 Nov 2002   Free (Or Nearly So) ....   I agree with those who have said to get the best t....   >>  
07 Nov 2002   Data validation: bes....   I know several of the Delphi-based n-tier solution....   >>  
06 Nov 2002   PM Tries to do The R....   You say there are times when you've been unable to....   >>  
05 Nov 2002      I would strongly second sosay's advice in the seco....   >>  
04 Nov 2002   Using Flash to build....   The new Camtasia Studio will record screen activit....   >>  
   Filemaker And cowork....   'Are there features in FileMaker or MS Access that....   >>  
01 Nov 2002      I should amend what I've said to clarify that, yes....   >>  
      Whoops, after reading your post again I wonder if ....   >>  
      You likely don't want to use Filemaker with someth....   >>  
30 Oct 2002   J2EE vs .NET   The context of the thing seems a bit odd to me. I....   >>  
   Making life make sen....   'The scepticism that I advocate amounts only to th....   >>  
04 Oct 2002   GPA a factor?   Oh, I forgot to say that I do agree that I do agre....   >>  
      When evaluating a potential new hire I would think....   >>  
04 Sep 2002   How does support fit....   Thanks for the tips. I am planning to try to grow ....   >>  
03 Sep 2002   How does support fit into business model?   >>  
01 Sep 2002   Jet vs SQL Server fo....   Albert -- You said: 'The MDSE is clearly distri....   >>  
31 Aug 2002      Just to clarify regarding the supposedly free lice....   >>  
30 Aug 2002   Can someone please e....   It was mentioned several times in previous posts, ....   >>  
16 Aug 2002   Help! I'm dying here....   I think I see it midway down on this page: http....   >>  
   MS Access   Albert -- Great advice. I agree; I wish I'd said t....   >>  
15 Aug 2002      You aren't missing the point if you want to assemb....   >>  
07 Aug 2002   Buy One Get 3 - Is t....   Mad Dog -- Despite my immediately previous post, I....   >>  
      Madman -- Well, I just did a quick check on share ....   >>  
06 Aug 2002   Are LCD screens bett....   LCD's have no harmful radiation, no flicker, and p....   >>  
   Do you use the best ....   Much of this thread has assumed that we're talking....   >>  
02 Aug 2002   the best company to ....   "asset" -- If you own your own company then you ge....   >>  
31 Jul 2002   what do you guys dev....   I do consulting work and develop mostly small in-h....   >>  
06 Jun 2002   Computer Science quo....   Sorry, I don't think the Leibniz quote has anythin....   >>  
20 May 2002   Project Management S....   This topic has been discussed before on this board....   >>  
11 May 2002   Who owns consultants....   In the preceding post, the paragraph that begins, ....   >>  
      X.J. said, 'The basic summary is that the consulta....   >>  
09 May 2002      getalawyer said, 'Most consulting work IS work for....   >>  
07 May 2002      Just to clarify the last few posts: There is a ....   >>  
   does fog creek charg....   I agree with Consultatron about auto mechanics. Th....   >>  
      (Wish I could edit my last message.) Another re....   >>  
      Nonconsultant -- Your description of what happens ....   >>  
06 May 2002   Where do you go to f....   You can find a large number of proprietary tools a....   >>  
02 May 2002   "tough luck" for ISV....   Wouldn't it be pretty easy to design a little desk....   >>  
28 Apr 2002   are other areas of p....   Tired said: 'Anyway, rather than the standard long....   >>  
18 Apr 2002   Good Book on VBA   VBA Developer's Handbook is an excellent book, but....   >>  
28 Mar 2002   Link to Joel removed....   Well, from what I do know of Dave W., he's big int....   >>  
11 Mar 2002   "The Way Good Softwa....   Banana Fred -- I don't think so, but it's possible....   >>  
      Mike -- I'm a former lawyer (worked at Perkins Coi....   >>  
      'Programmers: He is at court arguing for his produ....   >>  
29 Jan 2002   Dave Winer's Spin on....   For those who don't know and who might be interest....   >>  
24 Jan 2002   Your thoughts on ASP....   Walter: Point taken. As someone who develops p....   >>  
22 Jan 2002      Some of the things I'm reading in this thread seem....   >>  
10 Jan 2002   Age/Years in softwar....   38/2, for a ratio of 19. A former lawyer, I'm ....   >>  
08 Jan 2002   Fire and Motion   Mountain Smog -- Another possible argument that mi....   >>  
07 Jan 2002   How old are you ?   38, and you all make me feel like an old man.   >>  
   Fire and Motion   Dare I ask? Given that Joel is pretty much dead on....   >>  
30 Dec 2001   Advice on starting a....   I have similar, more limited, aims. More like havi....   >>  
28 Dec 2001   Programming "Standar....   You can take a look at the Reddick VBA naming conv....   >>  
23 Dec 2001   Coding, visually?   Complications with 'reading', editing, and debuggi....   >>  
22 Dec 2001      Anyone interested in a truly 'through and through'....   >>  



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