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Lets have a bit of a rant first..... I know that 'progress' is inevitably preceded by a 'backward-step' - but...

Rant:

I was the Dog's Boll*cks at Lotus 1-2-3 Macros and Clipper Applications in the mid-80's to early 90's - I could provide a solution to any group of 1 to 30 or 40 people!!.. and did!!

Then along came Microsoft with f*cking Windows and everything went back a few years, complexity increased, users had to cut and paste everything - they couldn't "automate" - neither could I!! Ever tried writing an Excel Macro or tried to use DAO or ADO database connections??

So the last 7 or so years of my "working career" were less technical - and more "supporting"... "oh - you've got a blue screen?? - I'll be right there" - Reboot!! Or, "I'm the man for your Y2K problems".

And then I retired and decided I wanted to write programs that I enjoyed - and make use of the Internet (maybe)..

I looked at Java first - because its free, THE language for the Internet, and "open" - after about 6 months I gave up with it - because:

	It's too open... what I mean is..
	There are a million sites on the Internet saying "Java 'buzz-word' is what you need for 'some other buzz-word" - for example "Java Swing is what you need for Windows-like Controls"
	And before you know it, you've decided that "buzz-word" is what you need - have downloaded 84Mb of it...
	And then found it needs - "buzz-word-44" etc..etc..
	After 16 weeks - your hard drive is full - and you still cannot produce an Application!!

So I turned to Microsoft Visual Basic - because only one Company was saying "use this" (even though that was bloody confusing too).. and have been able to produce some workable Excel/Windows Macros and lots of Visual Basic Applications.

I am nowhere near as "productive" as I was back in the 80's - but hey - I'm retired - take it easy Mon!!

So - off you go - enjoy.... what has been (on occasions) - very frustrating for me - you'll probably enjoy it all the more now!!

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Update!! Update!!..... August 2006......

Still VERY happy with OpenOffice and over the last couple of years have developed lots (of Visual Basic applications), also Excel Macros (I am a whizz at them now!!) also some Access applications - and just recently from early 2006 - Simon Walker has allowed me space etc.. on his server - so have duplicated some of my web-sites onto there (http://mikecurley.simoncjwalker.net/index.html) - and am now developing PHP applications... whhooooooEEEeeeee!!

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Last update - August 25, 2006 - email to djmikecurley@gmail.com