Hey Dave:
I think just about everyone hates Dallas now, but I'm partial living in the
D.C. area. By the way, your clustering lesson at the DC CFUG last week was
excellent.
Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 3:07 PM
Subject: RE: ColdFusion vs. ASP.NET
> > hehe.. I think it's funny slamming on Microsoft products in
> > here. If everyone who ran ColdFusion on NT left the list, how
> > many would be left.
> >
> > It just occurred to me that MS is the Dallas Cowboys of the
> > software industry.. you either love em or hate em .. no
> > in-between.
>
> I generally like most MS products, but the original question was how CF
> compares to ASP.NET. The fact that this kind of question can be knocked
> around so casually - about products that don't exist yet - demonstrates
how
> Microsoft often operates. They come up with new acronyms faster than they
> can get rid of the merchandise that uses the old acronyms. Anyone remember
> Microsoft DNA? How about COM+, Storage+, Forms+? Then, they push the new
> acronym as if it, by itself, has some meaning and use. Eventually, they
get
> a product out that usually fulfills some, but not all, of the promised
> feature set for the new acronym.
>
> To feel like I understand a product initiative, I like to be able to
> summarize it in a single sentence. I haven't seen that summary for .NET
yet,
> even though the product is in beta. The best explanation I've seen is the
> Dr. Gui column on MSDN, but even that is pretty buzzword-thick.
>
> When NT 3.1 came out, it was not very good, but Microsoft was still able
to
> take the OS/2 market with promises about the future. Those promises didn't
> come close to reality until NT 3.51.
>
> Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
> http://www.figleaf.com/
> voice: (202) 797-5496
> fax: (202) 797-5444
>
>
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