From: mike 

On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:19:34 -0500, Mike N.  wrote:

>On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 19:09:28 -0500, "Geo."
 wrote:
>
>>> Software now use .NET to develop these applications,
>>
>>Why? Does MS really have that much control over the developers in other
>>companies?
>
> .NET is a very compelling platform in itself - extremely productive.  All
>those things you used to have to roll yourself or cobble together about a
>dozen open source widgets are now directly available in the library.
>
>   The C# language is really Java V2 - designed with the luxury of getting
>around some of the difficulties of Java.
>
>   The .NET apps usually run like a bloated Barney, but the programming
>productivity gain and quality improvement is enough for many people to turn
>a blind eye to the performance.


So it is easier for the programmers to develop using .NET, but the
customers suffer from poor performance.

Sounds like a feature to me.

 /m

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