Hello Jerry!

*** 20.09.2003 at 08:34, Jerry Coffin wrote to you:

 >>Ofcause, but why is it smart, if you only are programming in the same
 >>programming language? It's only somekind of luxurary imho.

 JC> It means that libraries of code written in _any_ of those languages
 JC> are available for your use, so code written in (say) VB can be
 JC> useful to you even if you never write a single line of VB in your
 JC> life.

In someway it's smart, but it's not smart enought for me..

 >>Why would you get .NET working on other platforms like Linux or other
 >>UNIX'es.

 JC> Because somebody wants it to run there, obviously.

I mean do you actually believe that Microsoft would make a VM for Linux?

 >>So you doesn't mean that .NET is doing redudant code, like another 4th
 >>generation programming language?

 JC> I'm not sure what you even _think_ you're saying here.  First of
 JC> all, none of this has _anything_ to do with 4GLs.  Second, no,
 JC> modularity does not normally result in redundant code -- rather the
 JC> contrary, it tends to eliminate it.

What generation of programming language would you say .NET is then? 

 >>What open standards are .NET using?

 JC> Obvious ones include: ISO/IEC 23270, ISO/IEC 23271, ISO/IEC 23272,
 JC> RFC 2616, about a half dozen or so related to XML, another half
 JC> dozen (or so) related to HTML in its various flavors, etc.

Okay.

 JC> Offhand, I'm hard put to think of much of .NET that's _not_ an
 JC> impelementation of some open standard.

Is there specifications how the platform in implemented?

 >>Tell me how mutch are Microsoft paying you?

 JC> MS has never paid me anything.  Basically accusing people of being
 JC> liars is NOT a good way to elicit information from them either.  I
 JC> happen to be fairly thick-skinned, but the fact is that an
 JC> accusation like this fully deserves a serious flaming!

Sorry, I'm just sick of hearing Microsoft are _allways_ doing the right
thing, and Microsoft's products is _allways_ the best...

Regards,
        Bo

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