> I read more of Bryan's comments, as you suggested, and I > think he's a loon and doesn't know what he's talking about.
I don't know. Instead of a loon, he strikes me as a classic example of a troll. Nowadays, we categorize all sorts of wacky online arguments as trolling, but the original meaning was quite a bit more narrow, covering only carefully-crafted arguments that appeared to be sensible at first glance but were actually nonsensical (ex: "BSD is dying"). But yeah, either loon or troll. It's one thing to say that the core ideas of ..NET are based on those of Java, and quite another to say that the source code of .NET is derived directly from Java. Companies copy their competitors in this way all the time, and they don't need to licence each other's source code to do it. If there's one thing at which Microsoft excels, it's this. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:207955 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
