Re: Is there any hope for Microsoft ?

From: "Carl Caulkett" <carlca@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 30 Dec 2006 18:12:38 -0800

Brian Moelk wrote:

Rod wrote:

Have a look at the .net history and its predecessors:

API ->lives
DDE ->dead
COM ->dead
OLE ->dead
OCX ->dead
ActiveX ->dead
DCOM ->dead
COM+ ->dead
..Net -> ??? ;-))))

Any predictions?

IMO, COM and all it's variants (ActiveX, DCOM, COM+) are not "dead".

DDE begat COM
COM begat OLE...

<g>

--
Carl

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References:
- Is there any hope for Microsoft ?
  - From: David Champion
- Re: Is there any hope for Microsoft ?
  - From: Brian Moelk

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