[Dxbase] Every time New Windows

[Jim Dawson]

So I guess that also means Windows is now Unix based. Somehow I doubt that.

Jim - K9DD


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry E Price" <Price.LE at frontiernet.net>
To: <n8vz.ars at gmail.com>; <Dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Every time New Windows


> Let me see if I understand this discussion correctly: an unnamed MS
> spokesperson said, on an unspecified date, before an unspecified audience,
> something that MS took exception to and it is alleged that MS issued a press
> release retraction "within seconds".   
> 
> Wow.  That certainly is news to me. And, if it had not been for this
> reflector I might not have known about it, waiting 5 weeks for this insight
> makes it all worthwhile.
> 
> Now, could we have some news about when Dxbase 2010 will be released?
> 
> Larry
> W4RA
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Carl J. Denbow [mailto:cdenbow at gmail.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 2:59 PM
>> To: Dxbase at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Every time New Windows
>> 
>> That's interesting.  I kind of thought that that's what they were
>> doing,
>> but I never thought I heard an MS dude admit it! :-)
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Carl
>> N8VZ
>> 
>> On 11/22/2009 11:05 AM, Neal Campbell wrote:
>> > The guy in charge of partner management for one of Microsoft's
>> regions said
>> > in an interview that they modeled win7 after OSX. You can imagine
>> what
>> > earthquake that caused at Microsoft world headquarters!! I think the
>> > response press release came within seconds, stating how it was built
>> purely
>> > on the successful product Vista.
>> >
>> >
>> > Neal Campbell
>> > Abroham Neal Software
>> > www.dxbase.com
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>> > www.sdrsystems.com
>> > (540) 242 0911
>> >
>> > Amateur Radio: K3NC
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>> > DXBase bug reports: email to cases at dxbase.fogbugz.com
>> > Abroham Neal forums: http:/www.abrohamnealsoftware.com/community/
>> >
>> > DX Cluster: dxc.k3nc.com port 23
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 6:58 AM, Jim WA9YSD<wa9ysd at yahoo.com>  wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >> Every time a new Windows format comes out DXBase and other logging
>> programs
>> >> start to have issues.
>> >>
>> >> One would think that certain functions of Windows would not affect
>> others
>> >> when an after market program is running with in it. You keep hoping
>> that the
>> >> windows programmers would eventually get it right.  This is
>> frustrating on
>> >> various levels.
>> >>
>> >> Planning and building programs must be frustrating as well when the
>> >> environment around the program keeps changing.  It must be extra
>> hard to
>> >> keep some standards constant in an after market program with these
>> changes.
>> >>
>> >> My question is, is Windows trying to be more like Mac or is Mac
>> trying to
>> >> be more like Windows?  Why don't they just get together hug and make
>> up and
>> >> make life easier for the rest of us?
>> >>
>> >> Stay on course, fight a good fight, and keep the faith.  Jim
>> K9TF/WA9YSD
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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