.Mac

[Michael Brewer]

Unfortunately the new project I'm working on at work will be developed in 
ASP.Net instead of JSP. We're relying on a DLL file for the API and the 
other developers in the group didn't want to go through JNI because (a) 
slower (b) writing wrappers for each function.

Essentially, the .Net framework is a rip-off of Java 2 Enterprise Edition,
  from what I hear.

I don't like it, because it's one step closer to eliminating the 
non-commercial programmer and it's another way for MS to extend their 
monopoly. I would love to find a Bondi & White G3 to run my personal 
Website off of so that I could use PostgreSQL, Apache, and JSP instead of 
Access, IIS, and VB.

On Friday, July 12, 2002, at 06:21 PM, Forrest Corbett wrote:

> I don't get it. Most people can't even tell me what .NET is. .NET 
> messenger, fka MSN Messenger, doesn't even use ANY .NET technologies. 
> When MS first released .NET no one could really figure out what it was, 
> so they started using the name all over the place to get recognition. Now 
> people are asking me "What's your .NET screenname?" or "Have you used 
> .NET?"
>
> .NET server (seed) is up and running for many on the MSDN... but most 
> people I know have gone from all gaga to "everything has got to be .NET 
> for it to work, and we're not gonna do that." I hear VS .NET is sweet 
> compared to VS 6.
>
> I'm gonna shut up now. I don't like knowing as much as I do about this 
> stuff.
>
> -Forrest
>
>
> On Friday, July 12, 2002, at 02:58  PM, Michael Brewer wrote:
>
>> What is everyone's opinion on .Mac? The new name for iTools. I'm 
>> especially interested in OmniGroup's opinion on it as a developer.
>>
>> Personally, I think it is horrible that Apple is trying to ride the 
>> dirty coattails of Microsoft's .Net. One of the key reasons I became a 
>> Mac user was to get rid of Microsoft's increasingly hostile technologies 
>> such as product (de)activation and .Net. I'd rather Apple keep the name 
>> iTools or at least change it to something less vile.
>>
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