Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 19th Nov 2001 19:44 UTC
Today, OSNews features an interview with Zac Woodall, software design Engineer at Office Data and Developer Services at Microsoft Corporation. Zac, who is also a frequent OSNews reader, talks about the new Office, .NET, WindowsXP, NTFS and how it compares to BFS filesystem, the GPL & open source movement and much more.
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You are probably right that MS.NET will succeed. IT was always so. I don't find myself MS inovatory company.
What most ppl forget nowadays is, that in 3 - 5 years, we are going to see more and more mobile devices. I think that MS will not gain 90+ % in that market, as in the case of desktop PCs. There are other OSes too. If MS.Net is not going to be cross-platform, many users will be restricted and other services will step-in.
You probably completly forgot about Tao-Group's Intent. It seems to be leader in electronic devices area (VCR etc. stuff), very popular currently in Japan, backed by investors as Sony, Motorola, JVC and OCPA organisation. Tao's Intent is LIVE and WORKING .NET. Their VP (virtual processor) technology looks cool. IIRC OSNews brought interview with Tao Group's representative some time ago too ... btw: Sun's rep joined Tao's board of directors ...
As for Rebol - just don't depreciate it. REBOL/IOS is near completion and once Morpheus 2 get's based upon Rebol, Rebol will spread to many users. What is more - Rebol is cross-platform, although not free. Rebol wins thru its simplicity, power of expression. It is pleasure to code in (once you get used to its syntax :-)
Then we should not forget JAVA of course, but Sun is not doing enough to make .ONE a success imo ...
Cheers,
-pekr-