Re: OT: No one is safe

good.

thanks, Paul. you are very wise in the ways of a true capitalist society. healthy competition promotes growth. bob z.

snipped-for-privacy@aol.com (Cliff Huprich) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@mb-m07.aol.com:

Or else the effort of porting a UNIX app to Windows promises a better return on the dollar than the reverse. You can't tell me that an app written to run in UNIX isn't riddled with UNIX-specific code.

But whatever the reason, yes, I agree Microsoft is smiling all the way to the bank.

Joel Moore

Joel Moore quipped:

I was talking to some of the pro-e guys, and they said it was easy to port back to Linux because they never used any windows specific code. (or at least not enough to make a difference.)

and as far as return on investment goes, if i don't buy windows (or mac), I can afford photoshop. And stop using my pirated copy. :)

--nick e.

(not that I use photoshop, tho. The GIMP does all I need it to do, really. which granted isn't much.)

of course they don't have much Windows specific code--ProE was originally a Unix-only application

Michael quipped:

I realize that.

Point is, when they ported to windoze, they apparently never fell into the trap of using too much windows specific code.

Which allowed them go back to a unix-like OS without too much trouble.

Now, their _other_ apps may be a problem. they may have been written for windos.

-nick e.

"Michael" wrote in news:4G8Wa.53856$ snipped-for-privacy@twister.nyroc.rr.com:

Well, if PTC had decided to fully adopt the Windows philosophy then there would be TONS of Windows-specific code in there despite its origins. That's the point being made here. Because PTC stuck to their conviction that cross-platform consistency was more important than melding smoothly with the world's most popular desktop OS, they were able to transition to Linux with relative ease.

"bob zee" wrote in news:bgbuf2$n1416$ snipped-for-privacy@ID-177997.news.uni-berlin.de:

To bad for Ford they never figured out how to convince the government to build highways that were "enhanced" for Model-T usage.

"Consarnit! I can't get there from here! This damn on ramp isn't compatible with my Oldsmobile!"

There is a Piping News Group which should help

Dear E,

Making language and communication equal is pretty simplistic. My girlfriend and myself both speak english, but true communication, where we understand each other, is not automatic, that's for sure. Language differences are definitely not the cause of wars, IMO. Immaturity, greed, lack of wisdom, compassion, etc, etc may be though. Most of the rest of your message read well, from my perspective - but not the comment about wars and language differences.

Sincerely, Jerry Forcier

E wrote:

Poor communications may not help keep the peace.

But I think the actual cause is usually fundies, thumpers & conservatives .... .

Cliff Huprich quipped:

huh?

good ol' bob z. is so conservative, that you might call him radical. yes, hard to believe...

very funny! :~)>

what makes things more funny is the truth behind it. the above statement reminds bob z. of the webpages that won't show up on his computer (at home) unless he sets opera to identify as M$/IE.