It is a danger with .NET. Compare with Internet Explorer. IE got mega bucks thrown at it by Microsoft because they perceived a threat that Netscape could eventually provide an alternative to the Windows platform by having a multi-platform rich interface web browser.
Once Microsoft had strangled Netscape and ensure market dominance they suddenly killed IE development. Almost all of the new technologies which had been under development for a richer browser environment were effectively put on hold at the same time... which was probably Microsoft's plan from the start. I see some parallels here. Java was getting too much popularity behind it and it's cross platform nature and rich interface potential was/is a serious threat. So .NET is unleashed upon the world. The difference is that Java isn't likely to die like Netscape did. So Microsoft may end up having to push .NET as their long term solution rather than just using it for a single battle. Only time will tell I guess. David.-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neven MacEwan Sent: Friday, 15 July 2005 1:06 p.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] Skill shortage? RE: > There are some big shops still using as far as I can tell, but a lot have > moved to .NET over the last 2 years. Now that M$ have sucessfully used .net to restrict Java in the middleware area, will they focus on the UI again and push XAML In which case these guys will have to move again bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah.. -- Neven MacEwan (B.E. E&E) Ph. 09 620 1356 Mob. 027 4749 062 New Address Details =================== MWK Computer Systems 1 Taumata Rd Sandringham Auckland Ph 620 1356 Fx 620 1336 _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [email protected] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
