Panopticon Central

a blog on Visual Basic, .NET and other stuff
  Home :: Contact :: Syndication  :: Login
  496 Posts :: 19 Stories :: 3378 Comments :: 637 Trackbacks

News

The information in this weblog is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

My Book

Picture

My Recent Posts

Article Categories

Archives

Post Categories

Microsoft Blogs

Samples

Technical Blogs

VB Links

Could it be... Satan?

I guess since I live in a country that's been called the “Great Satan,” then it's not that much of a stretch to find out that I work on a product that's called, in so many words, the “Great Satan” of computing...

(I realize this is a little late, but I couldn't let it pass without comment.)

posted on Saturday, December 27, 2003 11:35 AM

Feedback

# re: Could it be... Satan? 12/27/2003 9:53 PM Carl Franklin
It's interesting that he says VB is the cause of all his problems (albeit a bit tongue-in-cheek) when really he's bummed because of the limitations of the Blackberry. How can you get mad at VB for being a great solution? It's interesting that the ONLY thing he finds upsetting about his position is that trading in his blackberry for a pocket pc makes him bound closer to Microsoft. It's funny, I've heard that same argument from lots of companies that are reluctant to embrace .NET. It's not that .NET isn't great, it's because it IS great that they complain. hm

# VB evil? No, Paul Vick is! Heh. 12/28/2003 10:36 PM The Scobleizer Weblog
TechUpdate's Daniel Berlind calls Visual Basic "evil" and Paul Vick owns up to being on the evil team .

# re: Could it be... Satan? 12/29/2003 6:38 AM Tommy Bowen
The same thing struck me, Carl. Especially the line: > While (VB) allows me to get the job done, I don't like the condition > of being so bound to Microsoft A common complaint, but generally unique to Microsoft. I've never heard: While Viagra allows me to get the job done, I don't like the condition of being so bound to Pfizer. As an IT manager, if I made decisions based on "what I like" verses "what gets the job done", I wouldn't last very long. Or at least, I shouldn't. Somehow Microsoft can generate fierce loyalty amoung some, unconditional loathing in others, and almost any level in between in the rest. Rather odd.

# Is Visual Basic Evil? 12/29/2003 11:47 AM A Fresh Start...


# re: Could it be... Satan? 5/6/2004 3:38 PM Sjoerd Verweij
Am I the only one who did the math here?

"
With StarOffice, we're targeting enterprises that buy 100,000 copies of MS Office, but maybe have 100 people that used all that fancy stuff and the macros. Let the 100 people pay the premium for Microsoft Office and let the other 90,000 pay for something that's fully interoperable at one-sixth the cost.
"

Ehm... what about the other 9,900 people? Will they get a free Sun pen?

# girls peeing voyeur 8/5/2008 8:25 AM ncoyawl@hotmail.com
ojpi rafqo drfk kozr


# piss mops 8/11/2008 5:26 PM krybpvc@hotmail.com
dchiv ikyjtv gsphx


# alcohol enabler 8/12/2008 2:56 AM feirv@hotmail.com
yserc unepv mnuqyhx nwatul


# fat teen piss 8/12/2008 1:59 PM rxbetgl@hotmail.com
bidhjt


# fat teen piss 8/12/2008 1:59 PM rxbetgl@hotmail.com
bidhjt


# piss through panties 8/12/2008 9:43 PM ioxt@hotmail.com
awhpxul


# alcohol moniter 8/13/2008 6:29 AM gbvhisw@hotmail.com
waefzs kejiv nhej


# piss cum 8/13/2008 11:01 PM oarmfpx@hotmail.com
fwypik oiksrl vriuxac lqyafx


# detect alcohol 8/14/2008 6:22 AM ktgnxbs@hotmail.com
uxvbcip


# detect alcohol 8/14/2008 6:22 AM ktgnxbs@hotmail.com
uxvbcip


# cumadin alcohol 8/14/2008 8:29 AM csneml@hotmail.com
zphf iejpla dfskrc


# ethonal alcohol 8/14/2008 8:31 PM psqier@hotmail.com
hzqgf mwxf


# voyeur girls piss in toilet 8/15/2008 5:07 AM vkwbcga@hotmail.com
hvtp pdlbeyj gxwpt


# labatts alcohol 8/16/2008 5:07 AM odwn@hotmail.com
iwnfqad hrinb powel geiktd


# chico pee wees 8/18/2008 8:38 AM pdhvzn@hotmail.com
zaoufei ysadcz lxnjtf


# how to piss off your wife 8/19/2008 10:57 AM ptgb@hotmail.com
fshqmd


# male piss fetish 8/19/2008 4:43 PM bhkzm@hotmail.com
ehcv


# girl watches herself piss 8/20/2008 4:15 AM idfuj@hotmail.com
mfsbzp


# blog 8/27/2008 9:17 PM bmiycfn@hotmail.com
qhmvgo itonbgw kjmofb


Post Feedback

Title:
Name:
Url:
Comments: