No; Microsoft's plan for the open source scripting languages is probably more like what happened to Visual FoxPro, Visual Basic, and Dbase, etc. Microsoft's Java killer is Dot Net, and they are still working very hard on taking Java out with it. It has gotton so serious that Sun, who also provided propietary hardward just like Apple, took Java open source. Sun has taken its Solaris OS open source.
Regards, LelandJ Alan Bourke wrote: > On Wed, 02 May 2007 07:29:28 -0500, "Leland F. Jackson, CPA" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >then they will extent the scripting > >> languages with Microsoft only special features to lock you into the >> Microsoft OS and API, and finally, when the open source version of the >> language is extinguish and no longer a threat, Microsoft will kill its >> version of the language and push the developers into languages that >> Microsoft has developed and owns. >> > > Like what happened with Java? Er, no, wait a minute ... > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
