[SWLUG] Wow, seen this on Slashdot?

[Gerald Davies]

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 11:34:57 +0000, peter <apvx95 at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> >
> I see where you're coming from Adam; and agree with most of most of what
> you say.  However, I do have to say also that MS have come up with a
> really impressive development environment in .NET.  Couple that with
> Visual Studio and you have a combination capable of creating secure,
> n-Tier, distributed applications with a facility that I haven't yet
> found with any Open Source product.
> 
> What's more, with mono, these applications can be cross-platform.
> 
> The only competition that I'm aware of is Java (J2EE) - and at least
> half the F/OSS community appear to have taken an oath never to allow
> anything  connected with Java ever to darken their HDD segments.
> 
> If anyone knows of any competing environments, I'd be very happy to hear
> about it - especially since I'm likely to be writing a paper on the
> subject next autumn.
> 
> Sorry, I've started rambling.  If anyone decides they'd like to discuss
> this I'll try to make myself clearer.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Peter
> 

Not much to report.  Tools used were a combination of Java, SlickEdit, and CVS.

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