My point was that for MS's .NET strategy, Perl and XML would open the project up to a much stronger development range. Of course as MS has a habit of assimilating technology, surely that would prove difficult.
I don't remember seeing them call it a cancer. Is that right? Mark Bergeron' -----Original Message----- From: "Franki"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed Oct 17 01:56:07 PDT 2001 Subject: Re: A different path > > >Lol, like microsoft would touch open source,, remember, they called it, and >linux and gpl in general a cancer... > >And they are right, it is a cancer,,,, to them,, they can't control it, they >can't steal its code without making their own software gpl so they hate it >with a passion... > >If M$$ could get their hands on perl without the GPL issue, they would make >a version that was similiar to normal perl, but just different enough to tie >it to windows explicitly, and make it a pain to write cross plateform code.. > >How would that help anything??? > >don't believe me ??? take a look on the Sun site for what they tried to do >to JAVA...(and had to pay sun wads of money about) > >Gee, they lost that one, so where is JAVA now in M$'s plans??? > >ITS NOT!,, Java no longer exists in the M$ world... been replaces by C >sharp. > > >rgds > >Frank > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark >Bergeron >Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2001 7:51 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Re: A different path > > >I was thinking that as well. > >The "Dark Evil Empire" maybe (-8 > >I had really hope that those brief instances of hearing that MS may be using >Perl and incorporating into the .NET stuff would have gone further. Of >course in many ways it did. Perl and XML are a marrige made in cyber-heaven. >But consider the marketing power if MS had come onboard! > >Oh well. > >-----Original Message----- >From: "Mark G. Franz"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Prohaska, Tim"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "'Mark >Bergeron'"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Tue Oct 16 15:51:43 PDT 2001 >Subject: Re: A different path > >>"The dark side"?... >> >>Hmmpph... >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Prohaska, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "'Mark Bergeron'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: 16 October, 2001 9:44 AM >>Subject: RE: A different path >> >> >>> Before going to the dark side, you should consider using PHP. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Mark Bergeron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 7:55 AM >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Subject: A different path >>> >>> >>> Hello group, >>> Now this will be completely off-topic but, as this list has been an >>> invaluable resource of information and entertainment, I thought to post >>this >>> thread. >>> >>> I have (unfortunately) been charged with moving from Perl to (dare I say >>it) >>> ASP. The transition seems easy enough. VBScript is certainly less >>> challenging this Perl. So, that having been said, could any of you whom >>have >>> deviated in this direction share a couple of good bookmarks with me? It >>> would certainly be appreciated. >>> >>> I had thought of building in Perl and just changing the APP mappings in >>IIS. >>> That would be cheating though. LOL >>> >>> TIA, >>> Mark Bergeron' >>> ___ _ >>> | _ ) ___ ___ | | >>> | _ \/ _ \/ _ \|_| >>> |___/\___/\___/(_) >>> ___________________________________________________ >>> GO.com Mail >>> Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Perl-Win32-Web mailing list >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-web >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Perl-Win32-Web mailing list >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-web >>> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Perl-Win32-Web mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-web > >___ _ >| _ ) ___ ___ | | >| _ \/ _ \/ _ \|_| >|___/\___/\___/(_) >___________________________________________________ >GO.com Mail >Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com > > >_______________________________________________ >Perl-Win32-Web mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-web > >_______________________________________________ >Perl-Win32-Web mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-web ___ _ | _ ) ___ ___ | | | _ \/ _ \/ _ \|_| |___/\___/\___/(_) ___________________________________________________ GO.com Mail Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Web mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-web
