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qnguyen@parker.bio.uci.edu (Quoc Thang Nguyen) wrote:

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>Persuasive argument. Have you taken into account the size of 
>VBRUNxxx? And the time it takes to load? And the 1.4MB+ of 
>files you have to distribute with (in VB4.0)? And the 
>VBXs? And the OCXs? That surely makes the executables 
>"miniscule" (sic) in size!

MS has an FAQ re: VB4 distribution size, whereby they state
that many of the VB OCXs will be part of the next operating
system.  Not only can MS do this and incorporate VBRUN
directly into the next Windows, they can even incoporate
the VB language as the "batch programming language". It
must nice having such monopolistic power.  MS can kill
development tools and applications by incorporating them
into the operating system, just like IBM once bundled software
with their mainframe boxes.  History repeats itself.

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Steven R. Zuch
Cogent Management Inc.