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 Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/12/07 13:10 
Steve wrote: 
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message  
> news:VNqdnUb0dO53QnrbnZ2dnUVZ_uHinZ2d@comcast.com... 
>> Steve wrote: 
>>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message  
>>> news:3_2dnRvfUIiaxXrbnZ2dnUVZ_o_inZ2d@comcast.com... 
>>>> Steve wrote: 
>>>>> "Sanders Kaufman" <bucky@kaufman.net> wrote in message  
>>>>> news:MNHFi.2377$Sd4.1809@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com... 
>>>>>> Jim Carlock wrote: 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> And I'm wondering why PHP says .net support = enabled where 
>>>>>>> ..net is NOT installed. I'm baffled by this one. It appears PHP 
>>>>>>> looks for one specific file and it exists, PHP declares .net 
>>>>>>> enabled, but .net is actually at least a 50MB package of files 
>>>>>>> which fill a few folders. 
>>>>>> I seem to recall something from the docs in which the PHP folks  
>>>>>> strangely note that this is just a place-holder for something they  
>>>>>> hope to have PHP doing in the future. 
>>>>> again, your recall is weak and with a little investigation on your  
>>>>> part, you could keep yourself from embarasment. the documentation  
>>>>> simply states that: 
>>>>> 
>>>>> ====== 
>>>>> This extension is EXPERIMENTAL. The behaviour of this extension --   
>>>>> including the names of its functions and anything else documented about  
>>>>> this extension -- may change without notice in a future release of PHP.  
>>>>> Use this extension at your own risk. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> ====== 
>>>>> 
>>>>> now, does that sound *ANYTHING* like what you just dribbled from your  
>>>>> keyboard? 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> It's kinda like building a car with a sticker where the gas gauge  
>>>>>> should be. 
>>>>> more like an example of the twainian proverb: 
>>>>> 
>>>>> It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a  
>>>>> fool than to open it and remove all doubt. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> which is what the bulk of your posts consist of...opening your yap and  
>>>>> removing all doubt. 
>>>> You should take your own advice, Steve.  Sanders is more right about it  
>>>> than you are. 
>>> i usually do. so, in what way(s) is this so? 
>> His comments like: 
>> 
>> "Those are all Microsoft thingies. 
>> COM is the Component Object Model - a version of the Windows Foundation  
>> Classes. 
>> DCOM is distributed COM - a patchwork add-on of Win95 that was added  
>> because when 95 came out, MS had not considered certain internet  
>> implications. 
>> .NET is MS's latest attempt to build an all-in-one,  
>> everything-to-everybody architecture.  " 
>  
> lol. wiki is not entirely accurate as you know...and proven by the above.  
> having worked with all three from their inception, these definitions are  
> either wildly understated or wildy incorrect. take your pick. if my  
> explanation of each seems less correct/accurate than the above...what can i  
> say?  
>  
>  
 
Steve, 
 
Nothing to do with wiki's.  I've also worked on them since their  
inception.  And they are pretty accurate. 
 
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