Re: where will the action be ?



"Mat Ballard" <mat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> 6. Microsoft is not a monolith (though it's nice to think of them as
such). it
> is composed of a number of feuding kingdoms vying for the emperor's
favour. a
> year ago the .NET kingdom had the emperor's ear; today the 64-bit kingdom
is in
> ascendency.
>
>
> There has been a paradigm shift. What was a wise business decision a
couple of
> years ago (.NET) is now looking more and more like the OS/2 of our times.
I
> predict that .NET will end up being a technology for web services for
> Microsoft's web server, and little else.
>
>
> Microsoft has now indicated where it's major effort will be in the near
future.
> I hope Borland takes note of this change of direction. I really don't want
to
> have to migrate to Microsoft C++/64 products.
>

Entire message excellently articulated.

Some of us here predicted your assessment over 2 years ago.


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