[geeks] Oh my god...

[Dave McGuire]

On Friday, November 29, 2002, at 10:52 AM, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
>> Is it just me or is .Net DOA?  I hear a lot of talk, but haven't seen
>> anything solid - then again, I don't read the trade rags anymore
>> (InfoWorld, etc...).
>
> I don't know where C# is, but .NET is real for VB users and people who
> want to write C++ code to be reused in VB.NET.  There is great 
> excitment
> from certain language camps since the CLR means that they can use the
> favorite language more easily, however, their favorite language will be
> bastardized by having to use MS's types.  It seems that their .NET 
> plans
> might be resting somewhat on .NET server, which has been delayed yet
> again.

   Eh, I've never seen anything built with it.  Not that I would, 
necessarily, but I haven't.

> However, I still don't get what .NET is supposed to give us that the
> combination of COM, DCOM, SOAP, and WSL didn't.

   Another acronym and another profit center for Microsoft, of course!

      -Dave

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