OK OK. I am all for a car that will take less gas and do less polution. But, if this car needs air to run what are we using to pump air in the car? Are we not using a motor that needs fosual fule to pump air?
This whole thing about electric cars, air cars, and you name others do nohting but shift the polution focuse away from the car.
Well, why would I bother flying (or physically move to point B from A) when there are better options such as telecommuting?!!
As some may have pointed out, that it will take another 50 years to have "flying cars" I say, in 5 years we will have "flying e-commuting".
In few years, from my house or office, I will be able to be "anywhere" without leaving. In addition, any thing that I go out to get will be delivered to me.
Leaving my office or home will be needed for pleaser and fun only.
The initiative behind.NET is to open up MS Office to the NET. With Office 2001, Office is now not only being componentize but is also being wrapped with XML interfaces. This setup allows MS to provide Office as service over the web.
MS can do this easily for the existing Windows platform. The idea of using Corel is to use it as a *client* to MS Office on Linux (and Unix) platforms.
This strategy allows MS to put Office "everywhere" without having to have Windows "everywhere" -- after all how else can MS take over the remaining 15 or the market?!
The way I see it, MS with their.NET strategy, will win the OS, Language (Java) and Office war hands down.
Almost each every post that went in about.NET has been focusing on the technological merit and only that. While I am not surprise about this on/. I was hopping that we can see beyond this fact.
If you look hard at.NET you will see that it is based on XML and most of all that MS Office suit is being enabled to support XML -- not just by means of documents but by means of Office's components. That is, Office is being fine-tuned to run over the web by providing API using SOAP. By doing this, MS will soon open up Office to systems other than Windows. So imagine, being able to access Office components from your PDA or Linux box by simply having to support SOAP.
Yes, the idea is similar to Java, if not the same. However, with.NET the key difference is that you don't have to re-write your applications to enable them over the web -- Java requires a re-write.
Beside, the Office integration into.NET, MS is also enabling the OS and it's services (SQL, IIS, etc.) to be part of the.NET family. So expect to interact with the OS and it's services via SOAP.
What does this means as a business strategy?! It means that MS will achieve what Sun and Oracle were trying to achieve years ago. MS has a better chance of achieving this simply because: 1) they already have the market, 2) there product is everywhere, and most of all, 3).NET doesn't require a re-write; it simply requires an add-on to existing software to become part of the family.
To sum up, with.NET, MS will not enable its OS as well as its application over the web -- it will now have the potential to make its OS the back-end system that runs the web and its applications the front end system that uses the web.
In short, once.NET is ready for prime time MS's technology will be the invisible tool for everyday activities -- Java, Linux, Unix, etc. would start to die out unless if SUN, et. al. have a counter plan to stay in the market. And how is MS doing this? No it's not C#, or VM, etc. It is XML as its underlying tech.
1 and a half years later, this browser is still nowhere near completion. There is a band of rebels working feverishly on the code, trying to bring it to a usable state as quickly as possible. Plagued with problems and set-backs, Mozilla continues forward, currently at "Milestone 10"...
It time to realize that to win over M$ you have to win your customers. Is there anything on this planet that we humans made which is "rock-solid"? NO. Are consumers only accepting "rock-solid" product? NO. Are consumers buying those products? YES.
Why? Life is short, consumers want to enjoy it as much as they can -- if they wait for the "rock-solid" product, they will get nothing but more waits.
So its time to realize that consumers want "features" and "up and running in no time" capability more than anything else and they want it "yesterday". Do they care where it came from? NO. But if you give them those two elements, they will come back day after day.
1 and a half years later, this browser is still nowhere near completion. There is a band of rebels working feverishly on the code, trying to bring it to a usable state as quickly as possible. Plagued with problems and set-backs, Mozilla continues forward, currently at "Milestone 10"... It time to realize that to win over M$ you have to win your customers. Is there anything on this planet that we humans made which is "rock-solid"? NO. Are consumers only accepting "rock-solid" product? NO. Are consumers buying those products? YES. Why? Life is short, consumers want to enjoy it as much as they can -- if they wait for the "rock-solid" product, they will get nothing but more waits. So its time to realize that consumers want "features" and "up and running in no time" capability more than anything else and they want it "yesterday". Do they care where it came from? NO. But if you give them those two elements, they will come back day after day.
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OK OK. I am all for a car that will take less gas and do less polution. But, if this car needs air to run what are we using to pump air in the car? Are we not using a motor that needs fosual fule to pump air?
This whole thing about electric cars, air cars, and you name others do nohting but shift the polution focuse away from the car.
-- George
Well, why would I bother flying (or physically move to point B from A) when there are better options such as telecommuting?!!
As some may have pointed out, that it will take another 50 years to have "flying cars" I say, in 5 years we will have "flying e-commuting".
In few years, from my house or office, I will be able to be "anywhere" without leaving. In addition, any thing that I go out to get will be delivered to me.
Leaving my office or home will be needed for pleaser and fun only.
-- George
The initiative behind .NET is to open up MS Office to the NET. With Office 2001, Office is now not only being componentize but is also being wrapped with XML interfaces. This setup allows MS to provide Office as service over the web.
.NET strategy, will win the OS, Language (Java) and Office war hands down.
MS can do this easily for the existing Windows platform. The idea of using Corel is to use it as a *client* to MS Office on Linux (and Unix) platforms.
This strategy allows MS to put Office "everywhere" without having to have Windows "everywhere" -- after all how else can MS take over the remaining 15 or the market?!
The way I see it, MS with their
-- George
Almost each every post that went in about .NET has been focusing on the technological merit and only that. While I am not surprise about this on /. I was hopping that we can see beyond this fact.
.NET you will see that it is based on XML and most of all that MS Office suit is being enabled to support XML -- not just by means of documents but by means of Office's components. That is, Office is being fine-tuned to run over the web by providing API using SOAP. By doing this, MS will soon open up Office to systems other than Windows. So imagine, being able to access Office components from your PDA or Linux box by simply having to support SOAP.
.NET the key difference is that you don't have to re-write your applications to enable them over the web -- Java requires a re-write.
.NET, MS is also enabling the OS and it's services (SQL, IIS, etc.) to be part of the .NET family. So expect to interact with the OS and it's services via SOAP.
.NET doesn't require a re-write; it simply requires an add-on to existing software to become part of the family.
.NET, MS will not enable its OS as well as its application over the web -- it will now have the potential to make its OS the back-end system that runs the web and its applications the front end system that uses the web.
.NET is ready for prime time MS's technology will be the invisible tool for everyday activities -- Java, Linux, Unix, etc. would start to die out unless if SUN, et. al. have a counter plan to stay in the market. And how is MS doing this? No it's not C#, or VM, etc. It is XML as its underlying tech.
If you look hard at
Yes, the idea is similar to Java, if not the same. However, with
Beside, the Office integration into
What does this means as a business strategy?! It means that MS will achieve what Sun and Oracle were trying to achieve years ago. MS has a better chance of achieving this simply because: 1) they already have the market, 2) there product is everywhere, and most of all, 3)
To sum up, with
In short, once
-- George
It is sick to blame MS or Linux/Unix (an OS if you haven't get it) or anyone other than the person(s) that orchastrated this whole thing.
-- George
It time to realize that to win over M$ you have to win your customers. Is there anything on this planet that we humans made which is "rock-solid"? NO. Are consumers only accepting "rock-solid" product? NO. Are consumers buying those products? YES.
Why? Life is short, consumers want to enjoy it as much as they can -- if they wait for the "rock-solid" product, they will get nothing but more waits.
So its time to realize that consumers want "features" and "up and running in no time" capability more than anything else and they want it "yesterday". Do they care where it came from? NO. But if you give them those two elements, they will come back day after day.
1 and a half years later, this browser is still nowhere near completion. There is a band of rebels working feverishly on the code, trying to bring it to a usable state as quickly as possible. Plagued with problems and set-backs, Mozilla continues forward, currently at "Milestone 10"... It time to realize that to win over M$ you have to win your customers. Is there anything on this planet that we humans made which is "rock-solid"? NO. Are consumers only accepting "rock-solid" product? NO. Are consumers buying those products? YES. Why? Life is short, consumers want to enjoy it as much as they can -- if they wait for the "rock-solid" product, they will get nothing but more waits. So its time to realize that consumers want "features" and "up and running in no time" capability more than anything else and they want it "yesterday". Do they care where it came from? NO. But if you give them those two elements, they will come back day after day.