__/ [ 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:
http://schestowitz.com/Datebook/calendar/ (installed yesterday)
http://schestowitz.com/Spam
http://www.schestowitz.com/Bookmarks/social_bookmark/
http://schestowitz.com/MARS
http://schestowitz.com/Forum
http://schestowitz.com/Guestbook/
http://schestowitz.com/Wiki_Public/
http://www.schestowitz.com/Research/Notes/Bibliography/bib-manager/phpbibman/
Among many more...
All free as in free beer, as well as modified and self-tailored. I can't do
this with your applications.
Best wishes, (last follow-up)
Roy
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