Re: Recommendationsof webdevelopmentarchitecture/tool fordiverse i5 access...

["Steve Richter" <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/3/07, albartell <albartell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >With the greatest of respect I don't think you should confuse the issue by
> inferring that .NET means C#.NET.
>
> What I meant by that statement is that I don't mind C#.NET at all and
> actually find it nice to write in (the little I have).  I do a fair amount
> of Java so C#.NET as a language made me feel comfortable near immediately.
> The part I am not particularly fond of is when somebody takes a business
> language like COBOL or RPG, slap .NET on it, compile it to SIL code, and
> then call it "the same language you are used to, but better" (I am not
> saying you have said this, just what I have heard from press releases).
>
> >And as for Windows being an inferior OS to i5 OS I guess you are entitled
> to your opinion on that one (some may just disagree a tiny little bit) ;-)
>
> Since you called that statement out - do you think Windows isn't inferior to
> i5?  Remember, we aren't talking development environments or languages
> necessarily, but instead the ability to run an enterprise efficiently for
> long term.

check out this claim by Scott Guthrie, the 30 something software exec at MSFT:
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2006/03/25/441074.aspx

-Steve