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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dave Froble Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: BridgeWorks Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2024 21:47:30 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 03:47:30 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a670b2664521547afa0fc3ac2c83928b"; logging-data="2667641"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/Axx1AoQn4+MFw49+0bdsbFEl69LDge+Q=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.8.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:4KOX//a2MOGq7fqyxD9eIJUuAaU= In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2802 On 7/24/2024 10:57 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote: > On 7/24/2024 7:40 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >> On Wed, 24 Jul 2024 10:00:55 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >>> On 7/23/2024 9:59 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>>> On Tue, 23 Jul 2024 20:16:40 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >>>>> If you look at third party COM components used by VB6 and VBS back in >>>>> the late 90's and early 00's, then most of it are gone. >>>> >>>> If they were open-source, at least someone else could take over >>>> development/maintenance after the original creators have gone >>>> bust/given up. >>> >>> In theory yes. >>> >>> But most companies has no interest in going into the software library >>> business. >> >> So hire somebody who is in that business. > > That doesn't change the fundamental problem - they would still > be in the software library business - they just change from > paying monthly salaries for a fixed number of employees to > an hourly rate for a variable number of hours. > > Arne > Regardless of what they do, they are still in the software business. If you're using it, you're paying for it, one way or another. People can be so blind ... -- David Froble Tel: 724-529-0450 Dave Froble Enterprises, Inc. E-Mail: davef@tsoft-inc.com DFE Ultralights, Inc. 170 Grimplin Road Vanderbilt, PA 15486