Yup, that one. I don't see why he sugar coated it. ;) > On 20011013.0950, Christopher Allen said ... > > On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, Rob Hudson wrote: > > > I found his opinion of .net quite amusing. :) > > [snip] > 9. What is your opinion on .NET and do you think that it may be possible > that .NET change the OS "map" as we know it? > > Matt Dillon: I believe .NET is Vapor. It's a marketing term dreamed up by > Microsoft that will magically morph into whatever Microsoft eventually > winds up delivering. MS announces grandiose ideas with cute catch phrases > all the time, and as with any good vapor there is always some basis in > truth (if only a little pinprick). The reality is a little different > though... remember, these are the people that hyped windows-ME up the > wazoo and all we got out of it was a speech-synthesized windows > installation wizard! These are the people that called NT the unix-killer > and told people it was as reliable as UNIX. .NOT is probably a more > descriptive term for .NET. My guess is that it will turn into > Microsoft-proprietary rent-a-service glue, and that it will introduce an > order of magnitude more security issues then IIS. > [/snip] > > -Chris > >
-- Rob <rob_at_euglug_dot_net> my @euglugCode = qw(v+++ e--- eug+ bsd+++ gnu+ S+++); Random Quote: ------------ In related wibbling, I can see an opening for the four lusers of the Apocalypse... "I didn't change anything", "My e-mail doesn't work", "I can't print" and "Is the network broken?". - Paul Mc Auley
