So are any of you familiar with Ch?
http://www.softintegration.com/

Proprietary but prices are not bad.

BobLQ


On 6/16/07, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Darren New wrote:
> Perhaps you could consider that maybe other folks *do* know what
> they're doing and what they're getting into when they select a
> platform? Not that I'm defending, or even using, C# and .NET at the
> moment. But really, there *are* situations and systems for which it
> is a valid and even best choice.

Mark Pilgrim expounds my attitude about C# very nicely even though he
was talking about Apollo and Silverlight:

http://diveintomark.org/archives/2007/05/02/silly-season

> Reactions? "The web just got richer." Well, somebody's getting
> richer, but I doubt it's gonna be the web. And did you hear the news?
> You'll write it one time, and test it one time (for real this time,
> we promise). And Microsoft "rebooted the web." I guess that's all you
> can do after freezing up for five years. Hey, look over there, shiny
> objects! That poster may as well be titled "Fucked 6 Ways From
> Sunday," because that's what you'll be if you buy into any of this.
>
> Sigh. I used to have the strength to argue against such foolishness.
> Nowadays I'm reduced to nothing more than Grey's-Anatomy-esque
> catchphrases. Seriously? Seriously? Do I really have to explain why
> this is a bad idea? Again? To a bunch of technological virgins who
> haven't been fucked yet? Seriously?
>
> No. Not this time. At some point, you just have to give up on
> virgins. Y'all have fun. Play with your vendor-specific runtimes.
> Don't call me when you wake up one morning with a pink line in the
> round window and your BFF vendor won't return your calls. If you need
> me (but of course you won't), I'll be holed up in my drab unpainted
> toolshed around the corner, quietly building applications on the web
> that works.

-a

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