On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Paul Iadonisi wrote:
>> Last I knew (and I'm no .NET expert here) was they were working on
>> implementing the C# language and virtual machine.
>
> I'm no expert either, but I'm having trouble *finding* some good laymen
> information on it.
C# does have a formal language definition, but most of it is still
vaporware, which has always been Microsoft's chief product.
> My message may be off base a little, but I guess what I'm looking for is
> an easy to understand explanation of what Miguel is trying to do without
> the incessant praise of M$.
He may be a little too impressed with them, but I'm strongly getting the
impression that you yourself are having a knee-jerk reaction to the M-word.
> Leave the Beast out of the conversation and just explain to me exactly
> what my desktop is going to be doing, if anything, without my consent and
> that it'll never be touching a *.microsoft.com machine.
You are starting to sound a bit paranoid there. Simply because he likes
something Microsoft did not mean the world is coming to an end. If it did,
we would already be screwed:
$ cd /usr/src/linux
$ grep -ir microsoft * | wc -l
166
> I actually find his latest statements (quoted in The Register) ...
The Register has a tendency to be, shall we say, somewhat incendiary in
their selection and presentation of material. While I like reading it for
recreation, I take everything there with a good deal of salt.
> Telling people to 'get over it' when referring to our issues with M$ shows
> that he has little or no experience getting royally screwed by them in
> business as so many people have been through.
Do you have context? I am interested in reading it.
--
Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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