Re: The 'Dirty Little Secret' about Longhorn

Paul Dolen wrote: 
I have no idea if MS had said that or not.  I can say that many
developers have claimed that was MS's plan.  Here on the Borland
groups, I've seen many posts by pro .NET people saying something like,
"you might as well get used to it now, as you're going to have to use
it with Longhorn".  Maybe FUD, but I've heard it said many times.



Indeed!  Apparently there are two issues now:

1)  Whether Microsoft said so; or
2)  Whether Borland contributed to the meme?

Interesting indeed!
.

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