Home Messages Index
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Author IndexDate IndexThread Index

Re: [News] [Rival] Microsoft's .NET Shredded to Pieces Again

____/ Linonut on Tuesday 06 May 2008 14:56 : \____

> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
> 
>> ____/ Homer on Tuesday 06 May 2008 11:43 : \____
>>
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>> 
>>>> - From Win32 to Cocoa, Part II
>>> 
>>> [quote]
>>> And this is the main problem with .Net, he states. It's too "dumbed
>>> down", making it frustrating to use for the type 3 programmers.
>>> [/quote]
>>> 
>>> And that, in a nutshell, is the problem with Windows code. It's a
>>> shining beacon of putrid legacy slop. It seems that .Net continues this
>>> time-honoured tradition. Big surprise.
>>  
>> Cue Miguel jumping to Microsoft's defence...
> 
>    Microsoft has had good opportunities to do something about this, but
>    they have been systematically squandered through a combination of
>    ineptitude, mismanagement, and slavish adherence to backwards
>    compatibility. The disillusionment I feel is incredible. I enjoy
>    writing programs, but I don't enjoy writing for Windows. And while
>    once it made sense to stick with Windows, it just doesn't any more.
>    There's now an attractive alternative: Mac OS X.
> 
> UNIX, of course.
> 
> On the other hand, can you argue with Microsoft's logic?:
 
Ask AMD and NVIDIA about developing for DRM (Vista).

-- 
                ~~ Best of wishes

Roy S. Schestowitz      | Vista: Windows XP with bling-bling, nothing else
http://Schestowitz.com  |  GNU is Not UNIX  |     PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
      http://iuron.com - proposing a non-profit search engine

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Author IndexDate IndexThread Index