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Miguel de Icaza Debates Avalon with an Avalon Designer

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the in-yo-face dept.

Karma Sucks writes "In an interesting debate with a Microsoft employee, Miguel points out some crucial flaws in Microsoft's Avalon strategy. Perhaps the most shocking revelation is the absolutely horrendous inheritence hierarchy exposed by the Avalon API. Miguel himself is clearly not amused, saying 'We do not want to waste our time with dead-end APIs as we are vastly under-resourced, so we must choose carefully.'"

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  1. Changing employer by Lalakis · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    > Mr. Icaza is now working for Microsoft, and he
    > spends his energy on porting Microsoft ideas and
    > projects to the Linux platform(s)... So why he
    > criticizes Microsoft plans in the public?

    It's obvious, he wants to be in the payroll of Microsoft and stop working for them for free. All these years of hard work should be rewarded!

  2. Re:Don't look a gift horse in the mouth by DAldredge · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    IOW, you have no idea and are just posting shit.

    Noted.

  3. Re:Hmmm... by Ayende+Rahien · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    > reverted instead to the, much deprecated, entangled monolithic approach

    You mean, like... Linux?

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  4. Re:Ignoring standards by rd_syringe · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What a load of shit.

    Hmm. Only because "M$" is saying it. If Linus said a particular API or technology wasn't useful for the kernel's needs, you'd be praising his insight.