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What Do Programmers Like About .NET?

Posted by timothy on from the swooning-over-it dept.

prostoalex writes "Software Development Times did a special report asking the .NET developers what they liked about the platform, since it's been 18 months since the .NET introduction by Microsoft. While the positive responses generally acclaimed Microsoft on integrating C++/C# logic development and VB GUI generation into one environment, some complaints are out there as well. From the article: "When Mark Lindley, manager of development services at Cimco, was working with .NET version 1.0 in September 2002, he needed to implement SSL transactions over TCP/IP. 'It took a long time to figure out that this functionality hadn't been implemented in .NET yet,' recalled Lindley." The article also mentions Honeywell Automated Control Systems, a .NET/J2EE software operation, considering moving their operations to .NET platform."

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  1. Like being a dog on a leash by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    Whoever marked this as Flamebait??? It is clearly humor.

    Using a proprietary compiler is like being a dog on a leash. Anytime they yank your chain, you go along.

  2. Re:These seem to be major issues: by Keith+Russell · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you keep grinding that axe, you'll be left with a nub.

    1. Dogfood: Microsoft is rewriting Explorer for Longhorn with .Net. Office is migrating, too. That's the bank, right there, and Microsoft is betting it.
    2. Decompiling: With the right tools, anything can be decompiled. Just ask a Java developer. Nothing special about .Net in that regard.
    3. Ties to Microsoft: In general, you're right. But this is Microsoft, you know. They're not going to suddenly disappear overnight. Also see point 1.
    4. Licensing: You understand wrong. There's no such clause in the .Net Framework license. You may be thinking of a misunderstood clause in an old ODBC license that was brought up in an article last Friday.
    5. Scheduled End-Of-Life: So Microsoft is the only company in the world that's not allowed to declare the end of general support for old software? Even Red Hat is EOL-ing old versions of their distro. Besides, anything that forces (100 million?!) users to upgrade from the atrocity that is Windows 98 is, IMHO, a Good Thing.
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