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.Net:... 3 Years Later

Ashcrow writes "EWeek has posted an article on Microsoft's .NET initiative. It's been three years since we were first introduced to .NET and virtually none of the promised advantages have come true. Is it time for Microsoft to move on?"

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  1. nah... by wza · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it time for Microsoft to move on?

    nah, it's time Microsoft to move over...

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  2. In Soviet Russia... by gowen · · Score: 4, Funny

    it's called .nyet

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    1. Re:In Soviet Russia... by Em+Emalb · · Score: 3, Funny

      You've had that one waiting in the wings for months now haven't you?

      Heh. Dr Pepper tastes funny after going through your nose. Yuck.

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  3. New MS project announced! by Dark+Lord+Seth · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's called "Microsoft Passport"! I thought it sounded familiar but when I asked, they waved their hands at me and said "This project is new..." so it has to be! Can you imagine the advantages? Logging into hotmail automagically using MS Passport, using Passport as some sort of all-round login system... Heck, you can even use MS Passport as an instant messenging system! Wow!

  4. Time to move on? by bgarcia · · Score: 3, Funny
    Is it time for Microsoft to move on?"
    Yes. After 3 years, they should be coming up with some new innovative idea that they will bet the company on <rolls eyes>.
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  5. What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    virtually none of the promised advantages have come true
    What nonsense. I use .NET every day and it has delivered all of its promised advantages.
  6. Hyperlinking frenzy by palad1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hi,
    I am all for html hyperlinks but I think I can find Eweek's website, as well as microsoft's website and its dot net section, especially after three years.

    Of course I know, I wouldn't be bothered if I didn't try to read the article. Who reads the articles on slashdot anyways?

  7. .Net by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least it's doing slightly better than GNU/Hurd.

  8. Question by pubjames · · Score: 5, Funny


    Has anybody worked out what it is yet?

    1. Re:Question by Sven+Tuerpe · · Score: 4, Funny
      Has anybody worked out what it is yet?

      The result of a bug in Word. It was supposed to be .NOT but Word autocorrected it and nobody noticed.

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  9. Re:So much... by mgs1000 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Double or nuthin'?" - Steve Balmer

  10. Re:It can do most of what they say... by GrantZ · · Score: 4, Funny
    Absolutely!

    I am a software engineer and have written apps in Java, VB, and PERL. I have a friend who has been an M$ developer for about 5 years, and just called me a month or 2 ago to let me know that there is this thing called "design patterns" ... just for .Net. There is some M$ website that apparently broke the lid open on the concept of patterns this year (don't know URL). Of course, so did Christopher Alexander in the late 70's, and over 100 others since then... but M$ didn't endorse them until this year. My friend is cool and all, but the general software engineering ignorance was staggering.

  11. Re:Speaking for myself by pubjames · · Score: 5, Funny

    From that perspective, ASP.NET just totally rocks my world. I can debug more easily. Performance is better. It encourages good architectural practices. And my productivity has gone through the roof - I haven't done any formal tests but based on personal experience I'd say I can develop at *least* 30% faster with ASP.NET compared to any other platform, possibly more.

    I absolutely agree. Since discovering .NET my life has changed! I can concentrate for longer, I'm more confident with girls and my armpits have a wonderful spring morning freshness. .NET, because you're worth it!

  12. Re:Well... by chef_raekwon · · Score: 5, Funny

    try to cram linux down everyone's throat as the be-all, end-all solution to everything

    ahhh, Linux. The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems....

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  13. .NET Proof Of Concept by Ilan+Volow · · Score: 4, Funny

    .NET proves without a doubt that it is possible for an entire industry to fake an orgasm.

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  14. I'm convinced by TheZax · · Score: 5, Funny

    What nonsense. I use .NET every day and it has delivered all of its promised advantages.

    OK, AC, you have me convinced with your insightful argument.

    I use .NET, AND.ORG/.COM/.EDU every day, and I agree 100%.

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  15. Re:It takes insight to notice these things take ti by pmz · · Score: 4, Funny

    You can't really consider C# or Hailstorm to have been around and competing for three years, can you?

    With Microsoft, yes, we can. Anyway, I was suprised to read that it's been three years already. This means we're due for .NET's replacement next year. Perhaps, this time around, we'll see a microkernel architecture with XXML (extensible XML, yea!) all implemented within a web services-based virtual machine. With that in 2004, I can't wait for 2008!

  16. Re:Not all your base belongs to us by nick_urbanik · · Score: 5, Funny
    Your sig (you may change it in response to this, I hope):
    chown -R us ~your/*base*

    Sorry, but I think that you may have meant by your sig:
    find ~your -name '*base*' | xargs chown us

    The problem with your sig is that you only change the ownership of the base immediately below ~/your home directory, not all your base in directories more than one level below. The problem is that the shell will only expand the *base* in the home directory.

    I hope you can further develop your base chowning skills further, so that all of it belongs to us.