[ale] .NET .NOT

[miguel]

what you say is true...but man VisualStudio.NET IDE rocks!!! there is no 
other like it.
(i know i know....m$soft 'took' many ideas from other companies to build 
this tool)

but for java i stick to JBuilder.

mig

aaron wrote:

>.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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