From: Adam Flinton 

Rich wrote:
>    Still trying to change the topic.
>

No not at all .Net is a brand which is applied to many things.

>    They are not all called java as sun has done.

Blimey neither is java. No your have "Java Enerprise Edition &
"Java Desktop System" etc.

Are you saying that .Net does not feature in their names?

>  It's not that java is
> a sun brand.  It's that it is used in a way that blurs the meaning.

ROFLMAO Hello Mr Coalmine kettle.

Gee what does ".Net Connected" mean?

Does it mean that it must use ASP.Net? VB.Net? That in order to connect to
it you must be running ".Net"?


> For
> an example of this look no further than this thread where it was claimed
> that java is a generic term.  It was that claim I disputed.  Since you
> are arguing with me should we all believe that you believe java is a
> generic term?
>

It's as generic as .Net. It is a branded language/runtime/set of specs etc.
exactly like .Net is trying to be.

Personally I don't like things like using java in a linux distro name.



Adam


> Rich
>
>
>     "Adam Flinton"      > wrote in message
>     news:4292ef1e{at}w3.nls.net...
>     Rich wrote:
>      >    Nope.  Everything has its own name.  Even so there has been
>     confusion
>      > so .NET was removed from some names.
>      >
>
>     Chuckle. My my my my what lovely revisionism. It's like airbrushing
>     trotsky out of the photos.
>
>     So is VB.Net a web URL?
>
>     How about ASP.Net?
>
>     & what about .Net Passport? & Then there is the .Net Framework.
>
>     If "everything has it's own name" in the above style
then gosh it must
>     just be a coincidence that so many MS things have .Net in their name &
>     not that .Net is a brandname which MS applies to many things.
>
>     & then there is the "look for the .Net connected"
logo  campaign
>     etc.etc.
>
>     No sign of branding there.....except possibly across your butt.
>
>     Or did you opt for the .Net Connected logo tatoo instead?
>
>
>     Adam
>
>
>
>
>
>
>      > Rich
>      >
>      >
>      >     "Adam"      
>      >     > wrote in message
>      >     news:4291a4ac$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>      >     Rich wrote:
>      >
>      >      >    java is not a generic term.  it is a brand name sun
>     applies to
>      >     mmany
>      >      > different things.
>      >      >
>      >     Just like MS does to .Net.
>      >
>      >     Adam

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