Channel 9 - Discussions by excaliber

Coffeehouse - Hows MS feel about Mono

excaliber — Wed, 07 Apr 2004 17:13:31 GMT

Brings up the question of which evil to choose. Do you spread .Net to every platform, but at the same time help further the Linux movement (because if .Net works fine and dandy on both platforms, that means more good apps for Linux as well as Windows. I know I would develop stuff for it, and might even possibly consider switching completely)

Then again, if you don't push it to other OS's, you are limiting the usage of your (great) platform. Which obviously is not good either.

So, Im not really sure which is better. Personally, I'd like to see the Mono project develop and gain support from MS, but that may not be in MS's best interest. Dunno.

Coffeehouse - Bootvis

excaliber — Wed, 07 Apr 2004 06:28:26 GMT

jonathanh wrote:

The problem with bootvis is that while it can be a scalpel in the hands of an artist, it can also be a shotgun in the hands of a novice. Now, that's not so bad, except that a substantial fraction of those novices then call tech support to complain that they've just blown their foot off with this wonderful shotgun thingie. Combine that with every Windows tuning site pointing novices at bootvis, and it added up to substantial $$$ for support calls. Hence it got yanked

It's called "Natural Selection"

Coffeehouse - Hows MS feel about Mono

excaliber — Wed, 07 Apr 2004 05:41:26 GMT

So, been wondering. How does Microsoft feel about Mono and the whole Linux/.Net push? How do you feel about the fact that it's not being created by you? Wouldn't it be eaiser to create it yourself, having direct control?

It makes sense to broaden a platform like .Net (which I love, btw) to Linux.

Coffeehouse - When will Internet Explorer fully support standards?

excaliber — Wed, 07 Apr 2004 05:29:46 GMT

Makes you wonder if it would just be easier to drop IE and support Mozilla. Its great already, and would make both MS's life easier as well as Mozilla if they had the support. Now, Im not one of those Open Source freaks that preaches OSS everywhere. If Mozilla was closed, I would still recommend it. At this point, IE is very far behind the game, and playing catch-up could be costly to MS. Programmers that could be better used elsewhere.

Anyhow, thats my slant on things.

Coffeehouse - The Channel 9 Doctrine

excaliber — Wed, 07 Apr 2004 02:11:56 GMT

Karim wrote:

Only stop participating for really important things, such as finally getting promoted to "Ensign" on 3-D Pinball for Windows.

Very important. My friend blew off the birth of his child to continue playing...