On Tue, November 14, 2006 1:17 am, Wade Curry wrote:
> Andrew Lentvorski([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 01:07:23AM -0800
> wrote:
>>
>> Wow.  I thought I was close to the mark, but that sure looks like a
>> smoking gun to me.
>>
>> Personally, if I ever needed a solid reason to avoid C#, that seals it.
>>
>
> Ever since C# came out, I've had this hunch that "cee-sharp" was a
> mispronunciation.  As it turns out, we should've been calling it
> "cee-POUND".  MS seemed like they developed .NET out of sheer
> grumpiness at not being able to play as loosely with Sun's
> licensing as they'd become accustomed.  So, now all they've
> gained is a tool they can hammer people with in court.  Of course,
> none of us are surprised, but Novell apparently will be... when
> they wake up.  I rather thought they'd have seen it before anyone
> else.

I suspect if we could read Novell's mind and perhaps books, we'd see that
they were deathly afraid of becoming irrelavant. Kind of like Tony Blair
signing on for Iraq ;-)

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Lan Barnes

Tcl/Tk Enthusiast        SCM Analyst
Linux Guy                Biodiesel Brewer


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