[ale] .NET .NOT

[aaron]

.NET is another anti-innovation copycat rip-off of established 
technologies by the convicted criminals of Mafia$oft. Like all of their 
other ventures, products and services, it is designed with the primary 
intention of expanding and entrenching their monopolist interests, 
thereby subverting all free market and free speech choices in computer 
and information technology.

.NET (et al) is
.NOT of any value to the world whatsoever, since it can only serve to 
constrict and confound the advancement of Information Technology rather 
than contribute to it.

It is just that simple.

peace
aaron


On Thursday 31 October 2002 15:00, you wrote:
> I couldn't agree more. I believe the underlying moral issues should not
> be ignored. One person's zealot is another person's man of principle.
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geoffrey [mailto:esoteric at 3times25.net]
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 2:16 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] .NET
>
>
> All the good things you can say about .NET will never remove the end
> goal of Microsoft.  In all they do, they want you to do it their way
> and only their way.  They don't want you to have a choice.
>
> Go down the .NET road and I guarantee you eventually you will hear 'I
> told you so.'
>
> This company has destroyed more people's lives then Enron and Worldcom
> put together.
>
> Watch how they operate.  I can't imagine why anyone would consider
> anything the do to be the right way to go.
>
> I also believe Mono is a huge screwup.  Look at history.  Any company
> that has worked with Microsoft has either been consume or destroyed.
>
> Zealot, yes, but I can back up my beliefs with experience and examples.
>
>
> As for Linux being more difficult then Windows.  Yes, it is true.  But,
> as we all continue use and abuse Linux, it continues to get better. 
> You can't just look at the short term gain.  You must look for the long
> term gain.
>
> I personally can do more with my Linux box then Windows, because I have
> the source.

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