.NET will be the downfall for MS. Business will switch to Linux, Apple, whatever, to avoid it. Government in Germany is already replacing most MS installations with Linux.
With the .NET & Longhorn iniative MS is shooting itself into the foot... Bytecode (i.e source) would easily be reverse engineered and no commercial venture wants to publish their source..
What business wants any app running (even one over the Inet) to access its pool of data, especailly data it might not want accessible to just any development company, or worse, any hacker exploiting the multitude of security holes an open-network-OS MUST have...
If you are amused about .NET, you should read about Longhorn, Palladium etc and you'll be afraid of the future '-)
With the .NET & Longhorn iniative MS is shooting itself into the foot... Bytecode (i.e source) would easily be reverse engineered and no commercial venture wants to publish their source..
What business wants any app running (even one over the Inet) to access its pool of data, especailly data it might not want accessible to just any development company, or worse, any hacker exploiting the multitude of security holes an open-network-OS MUST have...
If you are amused about .NET, you should read about Longhorn, Palladium etc and you'll be afraid of the future '-)