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Lots of .NET stories in the news today and yesterday; it's a total coincidence that Microsoft started a huge marketing push on Wednesday, including the occasional Doubleclick ad running on Slashdot. BrendanL79 writes: "Peter Wright at Salon.com contributes to public awareness of Microsoft's .NET with this exuberant piece. The praise borders on sycophancy ("Gutenberg ... Babbage ... now Gates") with no apparent tongue in his cheek. Comments?" Reader vw writes: "Active State has just released Visual Perl 1.2, Visual Python 1.2, and Visual XSLT 1.2 as plugins for Microsoft's Visual Studio .NET. Wonder how long it will take for a Mono hack." Numerous readers pointed to several stories about a buffer overflow problem in Visual Studio .NET which was supposed to be immune to buffer overflows - but it had passed Microsoft's stringent new security audit.
I look forward to being able to utilize this service when it is available to the public.
Who else thinks michael is going to get his ass kicked for pushing Taco's proposal down out of the top spot?
Why would anyone in their right mind want to buy into this Microsoft "philosophy" is beyond me. Oh wait, I get it, it's the almighty buck again.
What self-respecting perl hacker would touch this Microsoft contaminated version ?
What next ? Microsoft Java for
Just like Microsoft - rather than improve upon industry standards and embrace the hard work and advancements of other projects, they steal the good parts, muck them up in a proprietay format, then give it a stupid name and unleash it on the world as The Next Coming.
When are the majority of people going to tire of M$'s nonstop efforts to digitize our lives at the expense of our humanity? I envision a future where code monkeys are like steel workers and car plant workers during the early days of the industrial revolution, worked to death to build products they can't afford to use while at the same time making BANK for the higher-ups.
If I were a professional programmer, I'd start a completely non-M$ union, go national, and use the power of a union structure to develop world-class solutions competing directly with M$. Distribute source code through the chain where locals can make changes to highten relevance and usefullness in their market area. Offer low-cost custom built boxes running a GPL'd OS that meet the client's needs, not charge them outrageous fees for hardware they won't ever get full use of. Keep the profit where the work is, on the local level, with moderate dues to support the structure as a whole.
The only way to beat Microsoft is to code them out of relevance.
My complaint about .NET:
.NET's latest barrage of
.NET, in his infinite wisdom, has decided
.NET to put mephitic thoughts in our
.NET's
.NET is going to
.NET's slurs
.NET is incapable of writing a letter without using
.NET has a different view of reality from the rest of us.
.NET's bedfellows couldn't deal with the full impact of
.NET knows he has
.NET's artifices cannot stand on
.NET's
May I be cynical for a bit? I hope you don't mind,
but with
malodorous notions, I can't resist the urge to make a
few cynical comments. To get right
down to it, some of the facts I'm about
to present may seem shocking. This
they certainly are. However, it's time that a few
facts had a chance to slip through the fusillade of hype.
What's my problem, then? Allow me to present it
in the form of a question: Where are the people
who are willing to stand up and acknowledge
that
to destroy the natural beauty of our parks and forests?
On the surface, it would seem to have something to do
with the way that his whole approach is repugnant.
But upon further investigation, one will find that
by allowing
children's minds, we are allowing him to play puppet master.
As for the lies and exaggerations,
epigrams are rife with contradictions
and difficulties; they're entirely maladroit,
meet no objective criteria, and are unsuited
for a supposedly educated population.
And as if that weren't enough, if
obstruct important things, then he should at least have
the self-respect to remind himself of a few things: First, a
true enemy is better than a false friend. And
second, many people respond to his debauched vituperations
in much the same way that they respond to television
dramas. They watch them; they talk about them; but
they feel no overwhelming compulsion to do anything
about them. That's why I insist we pronounce the truth
and renounce the lies.
Even people who consider themselves scornful
foolhardy-types generally agree that
symbolize lawlessness, violence, and misguided rebellion
-- extreme liberty for a few, even if the rest of us
lose more than a little freedom. One might conclude
that
such phrases as "crapulous pop psychologists", "loquacious
exhibitionists", "oppressive personae non gratae", or
some combination thereof. Alternatively, one might conclude
that
In either case, if you're not part of the solution,
then you're part of the problem. His historical record of
fickle pleas is clearer than the muddled pronouncements
of his apple-polishers for a variety of reasons. For
instance, the worst sorts of inconsiderate Neanderthals there
are must be treated with political justice, not with
civil justice, as they are sincerely not real citizens. Let me
rephrase that: I wonder if he really believes the
things he says. He knows they're not true, doesn't he?
A complete answer to that question would
take more space than I can afford, so I'll have to give
you a simplified answer. For starters, if
we let him cause riots in the streets, then greed,
corruption, and tribalism will characterize the government.
Oppressive measures will be directed against citizens.
And lies and deceit will be the stock and trade of the
media and educational institutions.
Even
.NET's refrains. That's why they created ".NET-ism," which is
just a garrulous excuse to force square
pegs into round holes. He plans to drag everything
that is truly great into the gutter. He has instructed
his votaries not to discuss this or even admit to his
plan's existence. Obviously,
something to hide. Most of you reading this letter
have your hearts in the right place. Now
follow your hearts with actions. I have traveled the length and
breadth of this country and talked with the best people. I can
therefore assure you that
their own merit. That's why they're dependent on elaborate
artifices and explanatory stories to convince us that
warnings can give us deeper insights into the nature of
reality. We can and we must protect ourselves by any means
necessary against the unrestrained bestiality
of stupid, quasi-macabre paper-pushers. And that's the honest truth.