Re: Will .NET "win" ???

From: Marco van de Voort (marcov_at_stack.nl)
Date: 08/16/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 07:26:12 +0000 (UTC)

On 2004-08-14, Glenn Someone <dontspamme@whydoyouneedmyaddressspammers.com> wrote:
> Actually whether we think it to be a good idea or not, Microsoft will
> force it to become the dominant coding platform.

Sure. But it will matter tremendously if that is by 60% or by 99%.

> Everything I read about the next purchase version of Windows (Longhorn)
> says that all applications must run on Windows as .NET .

That kind of stuff is always as futuristic as possible if the release date
is still long away. (remember early beta's of XP? Half of the stuff in Longhorn
was promised for it, and even some stuff now postponed to Blackcomb)

> Whether you want to deal with .NET or not, Microsoft will use its monopoly
> power and make you think it's a good idea whether you want to or not.

If you seed paranoia like this, you actually doing most of the work for them.

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