> Do you think that M$ is not threatened by the ability of any
> computer to send a program to any other computer?
I for one think that, dotNet, is microsofts way of saving their butt from
potentially being split up. If they split off the OS side of microsoft, they
will still have the dotNet platform as an intergrated part of their software
and online business. They have anounced support of their software on a number
of OSs. So if they lose the OS side of their business, they will still have a
platform to which they control and make standards for. Which on top of that,
will have a better ability to protect against warezing of their software (its
hard to crack software that is not completely on your computer), and they can
rent their software and include it as a package of MSN.
At least this is my opinion, there is a number of things I dont know. What I
do know is that its primarily vaporware right now, so there is nothing to
worry about currently.
Leyland Needham
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