[fpc-pascal] opendelphi.org

[Marc Santhoff]

Am Donnerstag, den 16.03.2006, 09:24 +0100 schrieb Marco van de Voort:

> While I'm not a .NET lover  (I wrote the FPC section on .NET), but while
> we all know that .NET is at best M$'s copy of Java, that doesn't mean that

This will change with version 3 of .net, I looked at an article in the
german iX-magazine shortly and there was said it'll get some extensions
from functional languages and more (lazy typing, templates aka generics
and some more).


> .NET is not a danger:
> 
> - it is reasonably well implemented and integrated.
> - the framework is huge. This is more important than it seems. Less
> 	components to buy, more people using a standarised set of
> 	components. It has its attraction.
> - Managers still believe in managed languages, and might for some time to
> come
> - training and sales
> 	- About each and other shrinkwrap development tools vendor is dead or nearly
> 		dead.  The few left are into .NET and M$ can easily keep
> 		them at arms length technically forever
> 	- Microsoft can also keep them at arms length on price forever
> 		 (with VS being coveniently priced
> 	      at 3/4 of the corresponding but poorer Delphi version) forever
>         - Microsoft hardly has to do sales anyway. As OS and Office vendor
> 	  it already has a foot in the door. Strategic developers and 
>   	educational  institutions are given licenses often near free
> 	- Also the massive MS training operations automatically generate

One day Microsoft will be in danger of getting split up like the Bell
company was. But that might take some decades ...

Marc