RE: Java vs .NET was: RPGIII compiler vs Visual Basic

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Steve Richter
> 
> When was it ever accepted that proprietary code was a bad thing?

Ah yes, revisionist history begins!  "We never said proprietary was
bad!"

According to MS, back when the AS/400 was proprietary and Wintel was
relatively open, proprietary was bad.  Now that the iSeries is open and
MS is ever more proprietary, open is bad.

> An enterprise pays a little extra to MS, in return is
> received a very solid and consistent way of doing things. Basically
> the way the AS400 used to be.

This is exactly what I expect from the Microsoft spin cycle.  Including
the gall to compare Windows software with OS/400.  The problem with this
argument is that you have to then compare the quality of Windows to the
quality of OS/400, and that's simply not even a comparison.

MS has shown consistently that they cannot deliver: they still don't
know when they're delivering in the next release, or even what's in it!

Joe