Assuming for a moment that COM is garbage - I don't imagine that "people who've built their careers on COM" are going to be worried about being unable to get other jobs. If you can program COM, then you should be able to handle any other type of programming. Comparing COM to Cobol isn't even rational - COM is a method of providing access to programming constructs while Cobol is an early language that bears only passing resemblance to the languages of today.
But this discussion is about why anybody cares what the underlying structure of Longhorn is. Nope nobody really cares what the underlying structure is, it's a made up hysteria that Linux geeks made up to try to make Microsoft look bad. It nothing more than saying "Bill Gates has bad hair, so Microsoft is going out of business". Matthew Small Web Developer American City Business Journals 704-973-1045 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159319 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
