Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 11, 2003 07:26 AM
Apparently, Microsoft not only feels the need to put out a tool for guiding people toward<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.Net, but they have chosen to write that tool in cross platform Java, and to release it as Open Source.
Which tells me:
1. Microsoft is concerned that<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.Net is not gaining enough developer support.
2. The developers Microsoft wants to target have escaped the Windows prison, and are writing for other platforms, such as Java or Linux.
In other words, Microsoft wouldn't be doing this unless it was necessary, which means that they see a large and growing pool of developers who work on non-Windows platforms, Linux in particular.
Of course, we already knew that -- Microsoft is just slow to admit it.
As to the tool, it comes from Microsoft, so it's obviously a Trojan Horse.
Therefore, continue to ignore<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.Net, and ignore this new tool as well.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 11, 2003 07:26 AMWhich tells me:
1. Microsoft is concerned that<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.Net is not gaining enough developer support.
2. The developers Microsoft wants to target have escaped the Windows prison, and are writing for other platforms, such as Java or Linux.
In other words, Microsoft wouldn't be doing this unless it was necessary, which means that they see a large and growing pool of developers who work on non-Windows platforms, Linux in particular.
Of course, we already knew that -- Microsoft is just slow to admit it.
As to the tool, it comes from Microsoft, so it's obviously a Trojan Horse.
Therefore, continue to ignore<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.Net, and ignore this new tool as well.
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