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Nothing of .Net in Longhorn?

Posted by Zonk on from the missing-technology dept.

turnitover writes "We've been waiting for Longhorn before we really get on the .Net train, but should we bother at all? According to Mary Jo Foley at Microsoft Watch, Longhorn won't be based on .Net at all. Foley, who's usually right on target, calls this MS's 'dirty little secret'." From the article: "We're guessing that Microsoft will maintain that nothing has changed-that no one ever promised that the .Net Framework 2.0 would be the foundation for Longhorn. But developer types we've been chatting with seem to find this update a newsworthy revelation."

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  1. .Not ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    .Not .Net, .Not on time, .Not secure, .Not free, .Not stable. Yep, it's .Not alright

  2. Re:asdf by jav1231 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is why you should be able to club marketing reps to death.
    Of course, Windows in general is an example of why you should be able to club marketing reps to death.

  3. I am so relieved by thammoud · · Score: 5, Funny

    that typing 'dir' won't invoke a webservice.

  4. Load of Bull by emptybody · · Score: 2, Funny

    What you get when you come across a LongHorn ... do people still actually use Windows?

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  5. When you have an model as beautiful as COM... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...there's precious little to improve on. It would be like giving the Mona Lisa a face lift.

  6. Re:So Why .NET? by MikeMacK · · Score: 5, Funny
    I use Microsoft products and am really getting confused about their software roadmap.

    Don't worry, so is Microsoft.

  7. Re:MS does eat their own dogfood by michael.creasy · · Score: 3, Funny

    "no MS product will ever be based on .NET and you can quote me on that. " Hmm. Microsoft Speech Server Media Center" Both of those are based on .NET and I'm sure there are others as well.

  8. Re:asdf by c0d3h4x0r · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is why you should be able to club marketing reps to death.
    Of course, Windows in general is an example of why you should be able to club marketing reps to death.

    Honestly, do we even need an example to justify why you should be able to club marketing reps to death?

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  9. Re:What did they expect? by mikvo · · Score: 3, Funny
    It would be plain stupid to rewrite the whole OS using .NET - not only would that delay the shipping process, what added value would it mean to the customer?

    I thought delaying the shipping process was the added value to the customer...

  10. Re:asdf by clem · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought it was so you wouldn't damage their valuable Armani pelts...I mean suits.

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  11. wait.. wait.. the innuendo just hit me by th0mas.sixbit.org · · Score: 2, Funny

    let me get this straight. I don't know if this joke is now archaic, but... "micro" "soft".. is releasing a "long" "horn". HAH!

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  12. Re:asdf by MynockGuano · · Score: 4, Funny
    From TFA:
    But given how late [.Net Framework 2.0] is, and how new it would be, [Microsoft chairman] Bill Gates realized it would be foolish to build important pieces of Longhorn on top of .Net."
    Not that building critical elements upon instabilities has ever stopped them before, of course.
  13. Re:So Why .NET? by AJWM · · Score: 4, Funny

    So in other words, you don't know either.

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  14. Every time I post this, it becomes funnier by Lars+T. · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/07/27/microsoft_ reshuffles_windows_roadmap_full/

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