John W. Colby
jcolby at ColbyConsulting.com
Tue Apr 1 21:23:28 CST 2003
Yea, I get that newsletter. The .net branding was going overboard a little. As a programmer I am very impressed with the .net framework however. I started reading the forms chapter of the book I'm studying and the things that are just built in are really awesome. Trying to get a handle on it just reading a book is rough sledding, I can tell you that. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Henry Simpson Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:06 PM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: RE: [AccessD] ADP vs Access mdb/SQL You may want to take a peek at what Microsoft has being up to with the '.Net' label. I have the url below provided by an online magazine to which I'm subscribed. They have been backpedalling from the initial plan as there was no way they could sell... "It's a framework for how Microsoft is going to start offering software in the form of revenue-renewable services. Think "subscription model." Think "hosting." Think Microsoft Internet Strategy Day (Dec. 7, 1995) revisited." http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,4248,989331,00.asp Apparently this has left a real bad taste in many mouths and hasn't helped Microsoft one bit in its war with Sun. Fortunately they have been abandoning the association with .net to make their efforts more subtle and palatable. As development languages mature they generally become easier to work with and it would have been unfortunate to have more people converting to open source solely because of the negative association that .Net implies. Hen >From: "John W. Colby" <jcolby at colbyconsulting.com> >Reply-To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com >To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >Subject: RE: [AccessD] ADP vs Access mdb/SQL >Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 19:15:33 -0500 > >So tell me something.net is replacing it and I will whoop with joy! > >John W. Colby >Colby Consulting >www.ColbyConsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------- Is email taking over your day? Manage your time with eMailBoss. Try it free! http://www.eMailBoss.com -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 2848 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://databaseadvisors.com/pipermail/accessd/attachments/20030401/18aad0fc/attachment-0001.bin>