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Software Fashion

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the disco-is-not-dead dept.

fedor writes "Software fashions come and go, but they always claim a few victims on the way. Where there's fashion, you'll find that rather weak willed person who is the Stupid Fashion Victim (or the SFV for short). This great article from Software Reality is all about fashion in software. Do you all remember WAP? In a couple of years some of the current 'technologies' will be gone too. The article mentions VB.NET, struts and XP as current fashion..."

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  1. Re:Let's vote for the greatest forgotten... by esanbock · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Actually, .NET is taking off big. Just ask any H-1B. While you're at home reading Slashdot, they're doing your job writing applications using .NET, C# and SQL server.

  2. Hi-ho Hi-ho it's offff to work we go... by Moderation+abuser · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Bhwhahaaha. You'll have that stuck in your head all day now...

    Of course, intelligence is your immune system and "The Grid" is the latest fashion.

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    Government of the people, by corporate executives, for corporate profits.
  3. Re:Linux fashion. by ubikkibu · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is this the Bush school of "repeat lies often and they become truths?"

    Clearly Gentoo is faddish today, and for good reason. But your dreams of Debian losing "market share" are simply that. Downloads and reported installs continue to increase, and rather quickly lately. Debian continues to win, and your made-up 90% number must have been printed on your asshat.

  4. stating the obvious - BLOGS (n/t) by modme2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    (n/t)