I am curious to know the details here..That is a new one..A change in .Net is understandable but a removal of this platform..:)..I am speechless...
regards, jd On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Kevin Wright <[email protected]>wrote: > Wow, Microsoft are abandoning .NET? Please do point us to your sources... > > > > On 8 June 2010 16:59, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Nice series of non-sequitur apple bashing there. None of that is even >> relevant. Apple relatively recently replaced their entire base >> *LANGUAGE* and base library for development (from carbon to cocoa) and >> snow leopard included a big stack of new features for Objective C, >> such as garbage collection. >> >> In the mean time, windows has abandoned the .NET platform concept. In >> Vista and Windows 7, the go-to language for making Windows 7 apps is >> still C++. So, whatever you're talking about - I can't make heads or >> tails of it. >> >> As far as developer satisfaction goes - given that mac OS X is the >> dominant platform amongst new developers, calling OS X "abandonware" >> is still completely ridiculous hyperbole. >> >> On Jun 8, 1:26 pm, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On Jun 8, 11:03 am, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > On the other hand, apple just released a brand new OS X. Back when >> > > microsoft hadn't released a new windows for about a *decade*, people >> > > STILL weren't calling windows abandonware, but apple gives it some >> > > slack for about 10 months year and this happens. Nuts. >> > >> > Ah but you forget to factor in developer experiences and opinions; an >> > influence vector largely ignored by Apple and probably contributing >> > factor to Android's success. >> > >> > I hear more and more negativity from the Apple world when it comes to >> > developer satisfaction and MonoTouch for the iPhone is a good example >> > of a 3'rd part trying to improve this seemingly neglected aspect. Yes >> > Microsoft had their time and is now largely playing catch up, but the >> > same force keeping Java alive is also keeping Windows alive; developer >> > inertia. Small difference of course in that Microsoft are actually >> > able to innovate for their developers and do not take 10+ years to add >> > a language feature (enum, method-handle, string-in-switch, ARM blocks >> > etc.). >> > >> > > As usual trying to inject some sanity into overly dramatic >> discussions. >> > >> > Yeah good lord, what should we do without you! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Kevin Wright > > mail/google talk: [email protected] > wave: [email protected] > skype: kev.lee.wright > twitter: @thecoda > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
