That's nothing compared to WINE: "This is release 0.9 of Wine, a free implementation of Windows on Unix. After 12 years of development, this release marks the beginning of the beta testing phase." (http://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-announce/2005-October/000064.html)

fat_boy wrote:

you would have half of them finding someway to profit from it

Don't want to offend anyone (or get into a political debate), but that's kind of how many people around the world see the U.S.

I think for universities it's useful to teach something Operating Systems with an OS you can actually open up and look inside. Which is why i first installed RH 6 For me it's about variety, the cost, and having full control. There's a long way to go, but things like SuSE, Ubuntu, SymphonyOS, WINE (and Cross-Over) and Looking-Glass will keep me interested for a long, long time.

I don't know how well it would work but you could try making your method return Object

the return type of this method is DBNull, so you can only ever return a null value.. i suspect you don't really need a static method to perform this check, and could probably get away with something like this instead : if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(strCheckString)) object = DBNull.Value; else object = strCheckString;

Giorgi Moniava wrote: Smoking Kills ... so do i if i don't have one.. :)

this.sqlSelectCommand1.Parameters.Add("@Param2", System.Data.SqlDbType.NVarChar, 18).Value = "Press_job_order"; or (if you're using .NET 2.0) : this.sqlSelectCommand1.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Param2", "Press_job_order");

mal·a·prop·ism Pronunciation Key (ml-prp-zm) n. 1. Ludicrous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound. 2. An example of such misuse. Giles wrote: I think there is a work for that that makes two :P

...envy :rolleyes:

sure it's not used that commonly anymore but what about game devs ? they use mostly C/C++ and that's a huge industry with f$%!loads of money in it. besides that, there are still a few places where C++ is used almost exclusively (OS/Kernel development, industrial strength graphics, etc etc) it aint just for fun(!) and legacy stuff. also, weren't java devs paid alot more than most a few years back ? :-D

those uninstall steps are a pain, and mine wouldn't let me remove SQL Server 2005 for some reason, but i needed to upgrade anyway, so now i have half a VS install :sigh:

don't forget to include the Clone Wars series as the movie starts exactly where episode 25 ends. :) oh and enjoy..

my name gets 1,760 :omg: except it asks me if i actually meant some other name, way to go Goog..

1. 100% 2) 0% 3) 0% ..what? i love good food :-D

"you bring the beer, we bring the bags" indeed. :->

i thought he was intentionally parodying the extreme fanatic.. anyway he's bloody amusing is what he is (if he's serious then even more amusing :omg: )

i think he meant printscreen, not portscan... either that or im even more confusticated than i thought . :~ on the other hand, listening to open ports to stop a a printscreen sounds like an interesting challenge for masochists :((