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RE: You're being disengenous
There are many many "widgets" built completely in the
.NET Framework. Check out http://www.gotdotnet.com/ for
dozens of examples. Microsoft itself is re-writing
significant portions of many of their applications in
managed code. If you're following Longhorn, the new
graphics libraries (called Avalon) is all written in managed
code. But these things take time. Re-writing an application
to take advantage of any new runtime (Java or CLR) is a big
job. The payoff...hopefully...will be worth it b/c the code
will be more stable and secure. The pains of Win32
development with DLL Hell etc. will largely be gone. The
only real question is whether the marketplace will wait. The
world is littered with the bodies of people who
underestimated MS...

1) No details have emerged regarding Avalon. How can you
comment on something that hasn't even seen the light of
day.

2) Managed C++ is meant to be the holy grail of "porting to
.NET". Funny, Microsoft has $50billion and 40,000
employees and still can't deliver.

3) .NET is still heavily reliant on win32. The day Microsoft
say they're going to rip out win32, win16 and OS/2
support, then I will start believing that they're serious about
doing something to improve Windows.
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No need to upgrade  neopleonasm | 10/20/03
always have someone need it  huzhixing@... | 10/21/03
Clueless Analysts  CooCooCaChoo | 10/20/03
Man, Did you see what .NET did to Major Healthcare Co? Their product is DOA  Plain Logic | 10/20/03
This is silliness  rbethell | 10/21/03
target your customers  lmaxwell | 10/21/03
target all customers  gath | 10/21/03
Start seeing reality sunshine...  CooCooCaChoo | 10/21/03
Perf problems?  chrichton99 | 10/21/03
RE: Perf problems?  CooCooCaChoo | 10/21/03
You're being disengenous  marksashton | 10/21/03
RE: You're being disengenous  CooCooCaChoo | 10/21/03
You better convince yourself first.  michael-t | 10/21/03
Oh good grief  rbethell | 10/21/03
IF what you said was true, why didn't they just ...  Plain Logic | 10/21/03
Citrix and regression  rbethell | 10/22/03
Tell it to Eclypsys  MarcB_z | 10/21/03
Success with .NET  chrichton99 | 10/21/03
Yes  rbethell | 10/21/03
Indeed, presaging the future  KeithRisler | 10/21/03
What did you expect?  pschroeder@... | 10/21/03
600,000 testers can't be all wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/20/03
600,000 sales would be a disappointment  tic swayback | 10/20/03
Ax_to_Grind, I suggest "600K testers" is M$ PR fantasy.  dicktaurus@... | 10/20/03
the counts are real  lmaxwell | 10/21/03
More like ~600K CDs @ $1 a piece...maybe  dicktaurus@... | 10/21/03
Taurus...you definately have an axe to grind  marksashton | 10/21/03
I never said I didn't! Unlike "No_axe_to_grind" who DOES indeed.  dicktaurus@... | 10/21/03
RE: 600,000 testers can be all wrong.  CooCooCaChoo | 10/20/03
Marketing?  michael-t | 10/20/03
600,000 testers etc..  Iain_Peters | 10/21/03
Another alias?  tic swayback | 10/21/03
Who sez there are 600K beta testers?  MarcB_z | 10/21/03
Nothing to brighten your day up...  frgough@... | 10/21/03
Re: 600,000 testers can't be all wrong.  Michael Kelly | 10/21/03
600,000  pschroeder@... | 10/21/03
I can believe it  Michael Kelly | 10/21/03
Business focus  pschroeder@... | 10/21/03
600,000 Beta Testers? Easy  Elsa | 10/22/03
Interest?  NT Admin | 10/21/03
MS's problem - most don't need to upgrade  rbethell | 10/21/03
RE: MS's problem  zijiang | 10/21/03
VBA was reason to upgrade for me  dscherf | 10/21/03
But seriously, how many people even use that?  Michael Kelly | 10/21/03
Only takes 1  pschroeder@... | 10/21/03
I disagree  Michael Kelly | 10/21/03
Every company is different  pschroeder@... | 10/21/03
A skilled poweruser  rbethell | 10/21/03
People are forgetting something here......  Sceptical Observer | 10/21/03
good points  tic swayback | 10/21/03
we have mostly 2000  Arrg | 10/21/03
2000  pschroeder@... | 10/21/03
Bells and whistles  Michael Kelly | 10/21/03
Not cost effective  Kyfho | 10/21/03
You're not on Licensing 6.0?  rbethell | 10/21/03
The Telling Statistics  Yen_z | 10/21/03
Not Neglecting, Just Prepping to "Harvest" small business  KeithRisler | 10/21/03
Office System As Web Services Placeholder  KeithRisler | 10/21/03
I don't think so...  rbethell | 10/21/03
So Said the Doomed Netscapers  KeithRisler | 10/21/03
Not sure browsers are a good analogy  rbethell | 10/21/03
Not gonna do it  FilledOut | 10/21/03
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