yeah. everyone uses javascript.

that doesn't mean that i can't write apps 4 times as fast as your java
kiddies.

that doesn't mean that vbscript isn't the best solution for an intranet
site.

IE has a 85% marketshare. IE is 100% compatabile with vbscript.
I can create a spreadsheet; add a bunch of cells and do whatever i
want.. i can reuse my excel macros-- in a webpage. I can do anything
in the world.

Why would i want to TRANSLATE my vba into java so i could run it
through a webbrowser?

i mean seriously?

I have one language for
a) scripting
b) web development
c) excel macros
d) database apps
e) hardcore database etl
f) hardcore database job management

i mean-- java can't do half of these functions. Oracle and a IBM and a
billion dollars can't do half of these operations.

Don't you wish your langauge was portable like me?
Friggin trendy kids

PHP can't make a spreadsheet. Python and Perl; i mean-- what the hell
have you been smoking?

Why does every developer need to learn 20 million languages?

oh yeah-- you're an IBM shop and they just have people sitting around
makign your life harder to help you make it look like you're busier..
right?

because if your managers KNEW that you jerked off and spent half the
day writing the same damn spreadsheet-- then they knew that you would
be out of a job. So IBM sells you all this crap that isn't necessary;
it doesn't work. And it ISNT RELIABLE ENOUGH.

I just worked at an environment where IBM hosted our AS400 / iSeries
for us.

Do you know what they had the nerve to do? They rebooted out AS400
once a month.
I mean WHY?

WHY WHY WHY?

because IBM can't COMPETE with Windows. Windows is more reliable, more
secure-- than any of this other crap that is put out by IBM.

and just for the record; IIS _IS_ gaining ground on apache. IIS6--
part of Windows Server 2003-- is the best product to ever come out of
redmond. It is fast, stable, secure-- it is almost the same price as
apache. It supports native compression-- so everything in the whole
wide world you do just got 30-50-70% faster.

Does apache do that?
Out of the box?

Just because your company is run by a bunch of IBM con artists; that
doesn't mean that it's the best solution. I mean.. if you need to get
a list of all your users in your company.. how can you get info out of
notes and into an access database?

Can you do that? is it the same as right-click LINK to outlook global
address list

i mean.. i've worked in 2 notes environments recently. and i never
realized how much i loved outlook exchange until i had to start usign
some piece of crap that was slow and not as powerful.

i mean-- why in the hell do you smoke IBM pole?
i mean seriously?

does it taste good?

10 million free sites vs half-a-million million dollar sites?

And IIS vs Apache has nothign to do with VBS vs Javascript vs any of
that other crap you spew.

THERE ARE A LOT OF APACHE CONFIGURATIONS THAT ALLOW VBSCRIPT, FOR
STARTERS.

and just for the record, Harlan.. Java-- is crap
i mean.. you're friggin whacked you crackhead.

for starters, clientside scripting-- all clientside scripting-- is a
disease. **** like that should be done via the server side; and all
you trendy 'yeah but we use ajax'-- i mean

DOES AJAX REALLY TRUMP CRAIGSLIST?
WHY ISN'T CRAIGSLIST AJAX?

What is more relevant for you today, ebay or Craigslist?

more websites should be plain old text; worrying about things like
performance instead of crap like flash and clientside bull****.
all it does is slow down the browser.

MS _DOES_ use vbscript on the server side.. it is automagically
interpreted depending on what browser you're using. can apache do
THAT?

but it's obvious that you're too stupid to know the diff between
clientside and serverside scripting.

i know that they do; i've seen it and written it there. Have you
worked as a web developer at Microsoft?

go play with your spreadsheets, little boy. And your AOL and go and
learn a half dozen languages like perl and python-- all that crap.. I
mean.. it's like.. a carpenter.. that really NEEDS to get better at
swinging a nail and hammer-- they decide to take their efforts and
learn how to jumprope.

does jumping-rope make him better at swinign a hammer and nail?

NO.

Does Perl and Python make you a better spreadsheet dork?

NO.

Does VB / VB6 / VBA / VBS make you a better spreadsheet dork? IT SURE
DOES.
Would SQL make you a better spreadsheet dork?

It sure would, then you could use Access and build SOLUTIONS instead of
building the same damn XLS 4 times per week.

Your method of
a) deciding what to learn
b) deciding what tools to use
c) deciding who is winning the server side war (by looking at
clientside stats)


You are the least scientific person i've ever met. The least practical
person i've ever met Harlan.

i am a firm believer in 2 languages.

vb and php. I'm a big PHP developer. www.squadstudios.com
www.smarkpunk.com -- i mean.. VB just isn't fast enough to do this
****; i'll be the first to admit it.

php is very very powerful.

and I dont believe that CGI is faster than ANYTHING. I mean-- CGI is
crap kid.

and just for the record-- the URL from wrensoft; where you compare php
and asp and all that crap -- is this study scientific?

for starters, you are comparing ASP to PHP5-- i mean-- comparing circa
1998 ASP with PHP that is supposed to come out in 2006. i mean; are you
on crack?

grow up harlan.