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in the sixties (Yup kids there were computers even then) the mainframers brought forth a Common Business Oriented Language that would allow the normal user to specify how the data was to be processed and obviate the need for those pesky programmers. It created a class of programmers with a new programming language.

Yet again we get to draw pretty pictures and everything will be well in IT Land. Meanwhile the folks who are being beat up by the EU are focusing their energies on getting an insanely great development environment for programmers (unless you are a Redmond hater). May the games begin, but my money is on history repeating itself.
Posted by: TomMariner   Posted on: 04/26/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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...  FreeBSD | 04/26/04
Abolutely  FirstNLastN | 04/26/04
Here we go again  Mycroft_514 | 04/26/04
Reply from author - good question!  jon_collins | 04/29/04
COBOL  TomMariner | 04/26/04
Datamation  IT_User | 04/26/04
.NET has changed everything...  Mike Cox | 04/26/04
Dot this...  AbsolutelyNot | 04/26/04
Thats more like it....mikes back...NT  GoneFishing | 04/26/04
I have to write more code than I did 10 years ago  jorwell | 04/26/04
There is more programming then ever.  jwreed2345@... | 04/26/04
I think we concur on this  jon_collins | 04/29/04
OFFSHORING of jobs yes it is DEAD  Enterprise Analyst | 04/26/04
Another "silver bullet"  whitroth | 04/27/04
MDA doesn't go far enough  rod.dowler@... | 04/28/04
You still have to understand and handle ALL of the details.  DonnieBoy | 04/28/04
it is still here  V Sanders | 05/01/04

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