Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 23:05:37 -0700 (MST) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: jehamby@lightside.com (Jake Hamby) Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CNET announces InterJet... Message-ID: <199703080605.XAA09748@obie.softweyr.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199703040723.XAA00817@hamby1> References: <199703040723.XAA00817@hamby1>
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Jake Hamby writes:
> This is my one (and only) complaint with the InterJet, that it tries to shield
> the users from UNIX to the extent that it's not CAPABLE of adding in
> functionality like CGI scripts. For basic use, however, I'll agree that it's
> way cool for using FreeBSD.
How 'bout the fact that it costs $2000, and you can do the same yourself
with a $500 machine and FreeBSD?
> Best Internet development tool:
> * Microsoft Visual J++ 1.0 (how did Visual Basic get on that list anyway!?)
Gag choke. I guess they didn't look at Visual Cafe (or anything else).
> Best Internet server software:
> * Lotus Domino 1.5
Ditto.
> Best Internet hardware :
> * Philips WebTV
Gag me with a bulldozer. Talk about your overpriced, under featured,
worthless piece of, er, hardware.
> What I think deserves to win:
> -----------------------------
> Best Web design tool:
> NONE of them, they all suck (code HTML 3.2 by hand!)
Yeah.
> Best Internet development tool:
> * Symantec Visual Cafe Pro (too bad it's only for Windows/Mac)
> (personally I just use the JDK on UNIX :)
Yeah.
> Best Internet server software:
> NONE, they all suck, use Apache :)
Yeah. Apache sucks too, but at least it's free. ;^)
> Best Internet server hardware :
> * Whistle Communications InterJet 100 (whoohoo, FreeBSD!)
I'll hold my comments here. For now.
> Best browsers or enhancements :
> NONE, we should go back to Netscape 2.02 :)
Yeah - upgrade to the rear! Charge!
> Best Internet application:
> * Marimba Castanet 1.0 (whoohoo, excellent technology, and I might add,
> Kim Polese ought to win Person of the Year :)
None. They all suck. We still need a much faster internet; then
ACM will qualify. ;^)
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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