Re: Worth installing .NET V2?

hummingbird wrote:
>...and of course there's the issue raised by ano poster as to what MS
> want it for.

Money most likely. Control, maybe? But that can be seen as just a means
to get more money.

I's not all that simple, as it is in Microsofts own interest to provide
quality tools for developers, so that they can develop software for
their platform and thus strengthening it.

I am aware that they are not doing it out of charity. However, I am
debating the merits of .NET, not Microsoft as a business.

Of course, this brings us back to a previous question: If a user
dislikes Microsoft products out of principle, does it make sense to use
Windows at all?

> Creating MS chargeable web services maybe?

I don't see the connection to .NET as a general technology for making
programs. What Microsoft uses it for does not mandate what other
developers use it for(?)

But I might very well have misunderstood the issue her.

>>This whole "the user already has the program" is a very strange
>>assumption in my ears. Is this a variant of "every software worth
>>making has been made already"?
>
> You have misquoted me. I used *a* not *the*. There is a
> difference.

Fair enough. I apologise.

> W/r/t your final comment, I wouldn't say that but it's probably
> true that *many* people already have *most* of the programs they
> want. I can't think of too many specific new programs I still
> want, although there are a few I will have to get (eg maybe ATI's
> new CCC!).

Well, many people don't have most of the programs they want. I just
find it strange to focus on one group in particular. I call it focus,
as you have used the argument repeatedly through this thread.

> Future generations will want new programs of course.

As time marches on, almost everybody will want new programs. The shift
from isolated computers to connected ones represents one major change,
spurring the acquisition of new software. I'm sure there will be more
major changes like that. Maybe something collaboration-related?

Toke:
>>You accept .NETs technical advantages to developers and you accept
>>that these advantages benefits the users. With these two things in
>>mind, would you say that .NET are something to be actively
>>avoided?
>>
>>If you do, please explain why, as it seems highly illogical.
>
> It comes down to simple ROI and user acceptance of .NET.
> I can only speak for myself and have not found any problems w/o
> it.

That's not what I am asking. Let me try a more specific question:
Given the merits outlined above, would you agree that .NET for a pure
technical point of view is something to be actively avoided?

Additionally: Given that you agree on these merits, wouldn't you say
that .NET programs are a fine idea, again from a purely technical point
of view?

Let's make it even more specific by assuming that we're talking about a
new program to be developed. A program that is not a functional copy of
an existing program.

And yes, I realise that there are other issues than technical. I'm
taking this one step at a time.
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