From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 10 12:09:24 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 657C816A41B for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:09:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fatman.uk@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.173]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2A7A13C483 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:09:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fatman.uk@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id o4so495807uge for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:09:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=UIgBPJMVDK+ftku/ddEv2rUaxJol9ElQwt5oFT/Z9ldzf9CJfUCIHCIiaH2mMFeWA+wMThAltmEjGu5W7Ta6l4qhSXruOyaajBUkYwVhkMSA+mMqIoWh6sNwEcAFcQBtzsJlcD1vwmLqvd4kiEvUT7/hSyBqsVFQaqnX5ZAGn1o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:from; b=qca24CfhCtUJiyjkt/wnGgb2RnKAHwtguVlcAufDbMsSQ7Vt7/UGvQxILjT/mgEHrvIggTyNl+ukSMz1xiVEfFwpLh9Zfv4nQXCcGVomRTdkgoryfopWoij+bYp+IYLWTccFe9vp1kK2THRzyrBOWXudR6uAMezYl5GidGK3J78= Received: by 10.66.225.17 with SMTP id x17mr3060277ugg.1186747762297; Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:09:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from monju-bosatsu.dreamtrack.dnsalias.com ( [86.18.88.217]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c22sm4991888ika.2007.08.10.05.09.19 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:09:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <46BC556D.8020709@crackmonkey.us> Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:09:17 +0100 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Wojciech Puchar References: <080920071232.28864.46BB09770001C036000070C0220075033008099A0E0B0B0703D20D010D@comcast.net> <200708092234.52861.bastill@adam.com.au> <46BB458E.30408@sbcglobal.net> <20070810094021.U76834@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20070810094021.U76834@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Adam J Richardson Cc: Robert C Wittig , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Convince me, please! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:09:24 -0000 Hi Wojciech, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > and about DOS apps - few small companies are still using our 18-year old > (so really mature ;) DOS apps. when asked if they like me to write new > unix version (+lots of adventages here, remote sessions etc.) then don't. > they just don't like to pay anymore because this 18-year program JUST > WORKS. That reminds me of my last job. It's a big multinational company [let's call it Torus, for no particular reason] but knows almost nothing about computing. They're using some old database software from 1000000000000 years BC. There's no security on it at all. I was able to use M$ Excel to peek inside it at the data. Unfortunately when I did that I locked absolutely everyone in the company out of the database at the same time. Heh. There's an example of a program that's old and sucks. Adam J Richardson