System slowdown, DOS version of FP

[Bill Campbell]

On Sat, Jul 03, 2004, Joe Acquisto wrote:
>>. . . 
>>Ok, yes, I was extrapolating one layer: what I think he's talking about
>>is client-server, but I've never seen an implementation of what you'd
>>call client server that didn't have underneath it what you'd call an
>>RDBMS -- Oracle, PostGreSQL, Informix, Unify, etc...
>>
>
>If you mean me, no, I was just taking a free shot at MS products.
>
>(and, please excuse me if some of my posts have been personal replies, doing a "reply" on this list seems to go to the author, not the list.)

That behaviour is highly intentional as it minimizes the times
that replies that are intended to be personal go to hundreds of
people, often causing embarassment to the sender.  IHNSHO, it
should require at least a little bit of effort on the part of a
sender to send messages to a mailing list.

Bill
--
INTERNET:   bill at Celestial.COM  Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC
UUCP:               camco!bill  PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way
FAX:            (206) 232-9186  Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676
URL: http://www.celestial.com/

``Freedom from prices is freedom from responsibility. You can simply pass
laws, using the magic wand of government to satisfy your own desires at
unspecified costs to be paid by others.'' -- Thomas Sowell Aug 2000