Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 12:11:33 +0000 From: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: .net, musings, and assorted ramblings Message-ID: <20010110121133.A29929@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010109193013.0493ab50@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 07:31:58PM -0700 References: <20010109182342.A8463@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20010109193013.0493ab50@localhost>
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On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 07:31:58PM -0700, Brett Glass wrote: | It shouldn't really be called .Net, but rather .Not or .Naught. | | It's a "placeholder" strategy while Mr. Ballmer tries to figure out | what Microsoft can conquer next.... And while Microsoft fights to get | the DoJ case thrown out on appeal. (All of the moves that'd be | most advantageous to Microsoft right now would prejudice that | case.) Hmmm. It seems pretty darn sweeping and revolutionary. And they are also continuing their forays into video games machines, embedded OS's, and about every other field. The whole .NET strategy seems pretty cool. Reusable components on any machine, anywhere, used as a module from anywhere else, regardless of architecture or language. If there is one thing M$ does well, it is developer tools. Sure, under the hood, the quality is questionable, but they give the impression of being more advanced than anything else on the market. When you compare that with xterms, emacs, and cc, it sort of makes you wonder.... And where will Sun be during all of this? jcm -- o-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-o | ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jonathon McKitrick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | "I prefer the term 'Artificial Person' myself." | o-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-o To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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