Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> __/ [ DFS ] on Thursday 01 June 2006 17:42 \__
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>> __/ [ DFS ] on Thursday 01 June 2006 13:46 \__
>>>
>>> ^^^^^
>>>
>>>>> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Thursday 01 June 2006 11:09 \__
>>>>
>>>>>> There's a fear factor around amongst the MCSE folks that the
>>>>>> improved reliability and security of Linux means that many of
>>>>>> them will lose their jobs.
>>>>
>>>> Where's some evidence of this claim?
>>>
>>> See carets.
>>
>> I'm not a sysadmin or MCSE. I'm a database application developer
>> who uses mostly MS Access and VB, on Oracle and SQL Server
>> repositories.
>>
>> I have *less than negligible* fear that Linux/OSS will affect my job
>> prospects. Web technologies like Ajax and PHP are [potentially]
>> much more disruptive. For the time being, developers using those
>> technologies cannot (C-A-N-N-O-T) deliver the quality, feature-rich
>> and cost-effective solutions I provide.
>
> I beg to differ, I'm afraid:
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> http://schestowitz.com/Datebook/calendar/ (installed yesterday)
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> http://schestowitz.com/Spam
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> http://www.schestowitz.com/Bookmarks/social_bookmark/
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> http://schestowitz.com/MARS
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> http://schestowitz.com/Forum
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> http://schestowitz.com/Guestbook/
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> http://schestowitz.com/Wiki_Public/
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> http://www.schestowitz.com/Research/Notes/Bibliography/bib-manager/phpbibman/
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>
> Among many more...
>
> All free as in free beer, as well as modified and self-tailored. I
> can't do this with your applications.
Some of that is nice. None of it is useful for the kind of database work my
clients retain me for.
> Best wishes, (last follow-up)
>
> Roy
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