Re: How proprietary is the "COBOL file system"



"Robert" <no@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 21:52:37 +1300, "Pete Dashwood"
<dashwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I'm not happy about the exorbitant cost of Vista Ultimate 64 bit, which is
what I'll go to when I move. By the time I get to it the price will
probably
be a bit lower.

Did you know a big company running Windows servers pays Microsoft about a
million dollars
a year in licensing fees? Most people think companies 'buy' Windows for a
few hundred
dollars, same as they do at home.

I agree the similarity, but combining this with Query Expression goes a
quantum leap beyond current SQL. (I believe that embedded SQL is already
obsolete; and I'm gradually weaning myself away from it :-)) Integrating
Query Expressions as classes in the Language is, in my opinion, a much
better approach. Functional Programming rules!

Don't make the user stare at a blank screen while the query runs. Instead,
ANTICIPATE the
query and cache its output. The user will think you're a genius for making
the query run
in milliseconds. :)

Most computers are idle 99% of the time. USE those cycles for something.
Users will come
out ahead, even if most of the work is never used.

Did you have any comment on the video? I'd be interested in your opinion.

Pete.
--
"I used to write COBOL...now I can do anything."


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