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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
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