[Sussex] RE: The 'D' programming language

[Mark Harrison]

Geoff,

AIUI, it IS possible to run .NET _today_ without any Microsoft product. Are
you saying that this is not the case?

Off the record, Microsoft's .NET strategy team are saying that Linux support
is going to be critical for the adoption of the framework.

Yes, Microsoft have applied for patents, as have Sun and IBM, or for that
matter MIT, the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, or the University of Sussex.

Now, if you want to get into a debate about the (stupid, self-defeating, and
anti-competitive, in my view) US Patent system, then that's fine :-)

However, for the record, I don't consider myself a .NET advocate. All I'm
trying to do is clarify factual misunderstandings about it being tied to the
Windows platform.

I would hope that all of us support the flow of correct information rather
than incorrect information, and would not stoop to deliberately
misrepresenting even Microsoft.

Regards,

Mark


----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Teale" <tealeg at member.fsf.org>
To: <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Sussex] RE: The 'D' programming language


> As for languages, they are more like dialects - you are still having
> you're code forced into the structure of the CLR.  I'm not saying this
> is a bad thing, or that .NET is bad technology - it isn't, but you
> shouldn't believe all the hype and you should consider the bigger
> picture.  Adopting .NET is just another way of locking yourself into
> Microsoft - Java doesn't do that - you don't have to use _any_ Sun
> software to implement it.
>