Subj : Re: Forced registration in Whistler To : Adam Flinton From : Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l Date : Fri Mar 30 2001 12:14 am From: "Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l" I've done enough programming in my life. It is something I've decided I can live without. (Except for batch/macro stuff -- which is every harder to access.) Just as I don't want to cut lawns, clean bathrooms & kitchens, etc -- I farm the work out. gs "Adam Flinton" wrote in message news:3ac45e3b$1@w3.nls.net... > > "Gregg Strom/BRYX Int'l" wrote in message > news:3ac158ed$1@w3.nls.net... > > I'm still waiting for a software vendor who will write software for me -- > > that I can own. (And that can't be resold to my competitors.) > > > > While offering to pay an (unspecified) premium price, no one in the > industry > > seems to even offer this option.... > > Do it yourself & cut out the middleman. Progg'ing ain't that difficult. The > most difficult thing is working out when people in the stack beneath you > (i.e your code's "survivial services" (OS, JVM etc)) are lying to you. > > I have spent many an afternoon trying to work out why something which should > work doesn't just to find it listed on some "bug parade" or other. > > Adam > > --- BBBS/NT v4.00 MP * Origin: Barktopia Gating Project http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45) .