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- From: "Mark E. Davis" <perc@wln.com>
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- Subject: Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"
- Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 16:28:32 -0800
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- >stevez1@ibm.net (Steven R. Zuch) wrote:
-
- >>My point was that MS can, and IMHO will, incorporate more
- >>OLE2 and OCXs into their next operating system, and therefore,
- >>the need to distribute so much run time stuff with VB 4 will
- >>not be required. VB may even become bundled with the
- >>next OS, just like QBasic became bundled with DOS.
-
- >I doubt very much that VB will become part of the OS unless Mr. Gates
- >in named our next Attorney General. I can just imagine the anti-trust
- >lawsuits flying out of the Justice Department.
-
- so M$ buts all the OCX hooks into the OS - big deal. we can make our
- code smaller and smaller and smaller...
-