I don't understand the business model behind .NET. The article mentions developers paying to develop and deploy services, but also users paying to use them.
Paying for an online agenda? document storage? e-wallet? This looks like the e-commerce flop on steroids.
Un saludo,
Alex.
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> De: Jon Stevens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Enviado el: miércoles 24 de octubre de 2001 23:41
> Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Asunto: [OT] Microsoft Sets Tolls for .Net Developers
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>
> Why am I not surprised?
>
> The funny thing is that even in this down economy and with
> all the free
> (better?) alternatives that are out there, people will
> actually still pay
> for this stuff!
>
> We should put a paypal link on the Jakarta homepage and
> donate the money to
> AIDS research or some other worthy cause.
>
> -jon
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> Link: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/24/010249
> Posted by: michael, on 2001-10-24 11:40:44
> Topic: ms, 153 comments
>
> from the firstborn-son-comes-later dept.
> matsh writes: "Today Microsoft [1]revealed the cost of
> signing up as a
> developer to .Net. Entry level is $1,000. Standard level $10,000.
> Custom support will cost even more."
>
> References
>
> 1. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-7629784.html
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