Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 23:05:37 -0700 (MST) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: jehamby@lightside.com (Jake Hamby) Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CNET announces InterJet... Message-ID: <199703080605.XAA09748@obie.softweyr.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199703040723.XAA00817@hamby1> References: <199703040723.XAA00817@hamby1>
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Jake Hamby writes: > This is my one (and only) complaint with the InterJet, that it tries to shield > the users from UNIX to the extent that it's not CAPABLE of adding in > functionality like CGI scripts. For basic use, however, I'll agree that it's > way cool for using FreeBSD. How 'bout the fact that it costs $2000, and you can do the same yourself with a $500 machine and FreeBSD? > Best Internet development tool: > * Microsoft Visual J++ 1.0 (how did Visual Basic get on that list anyway!?) Gag choke. I guess they didn't look at Visual Cafe (or anything else). > Best Internet server software: > * Lotus Domino 1.5 Ditto. > Best Internet hardware : > * Philips WebTV Gag me with a bulldozer. Talk about your overpriced, under featured, worthless piece of, er, hardware. > What I think deserves to win: > ----------------------------- > Best Web design tool: > NONE of them, they all suck (code HTML 3.2 by hand!) Yeah. > Best Internet development tool: > * Symantec Visual Cafe Pro (too bad it's only for Windows/Mac) > (personally I just use the JDK on UNIX :) Yeah. > Best Internet server software: > NONE, they all suck, use Apache :) Yeah. Apache sucks too, but at least it's free. ;^) > Best Internet server hardware : > * Whistle Communications InterJet 100 (whoohoo, FreeBSD!) I'll hold my comments here. For now. > Best browsers or enhancements : > NONE, we should go back to Netscape 2.02 :) Yeah - upgrade to the rear! Charge! > Best Internet application: > * Marimba Castanet 1.0 (whoohoo, excellent technology, and I might add, > Kim Polese ought to win Person of the Year :) None. They all suck. We still need a much faster internet; then ACM will qualify. ;^) -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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