Re: Why ASP.NET gets no Respect

[Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:44 AM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Steve Richter
> > Nathan, you might find this discussion interesting.
> > There is a lot of talk of Java and .NET.
> > http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=444
>
> The irony is that the guest expert suggests repeatedly that .Net developers learn Java.  In his opinion, Oracle made a great decision to buy Sun, and the Java community will be better for it - Sun was good at innovation, but Java needed a company like Oracle, which looks after the interests of shareholders, as well as customers.  Java is in a better position now to compete against Microsoft & .Net.
>
> That's essentially what I got out of it - but a bit confused that such content is sponsored by the .Net community, and that a .Net proponent would post the link.

I heard an honest discussion where everyone was freely expressing
their POV.  What I like about the MSFT community is the absence of the
us vs them mentality prevalent in the IBM and Linux camps.  For
example, I have yet to see comments in the MSFT forums that IBM or
Linux or java sucks. ( not that they dont ;) )