[dba-Tech] Is Microsoft Dumping .Net?

Hehe. I like your sense of humour.

- Hans


On 2013-09-05, at 11:48 PM, "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:

> Hi Hans
> 
> Ha ha, you mean you won't see any compelling reason. Then, of course, you
> won't see any.
> 
> Let me give you just four very different reasons:
> 
> 1. You can program for it in C#.
> 2. You will enjoy a superior interface.
> 3. You will stand out from the crowd.
> 4. As an Apple or Android fanboy you will challenge yourself by owning an
> evil device.
> 
> As for the subject - Is Microsoft Dumping .Net? - it is just one more
> example how careful you should be not wasting your precious time reading
> blogs.
> 
> /gustav
> 
> 
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Hans-Christian
> Andersen
> Sendt: 6. september 2013 05:38
> Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Is Microsoft Dumping .Net?
> 
> Sorry, Jim, but I can't think of any compelling reason for anyone to choose
> a Windows phone over an Android or iPhone. Until Microsoft figures that out,
> WP will continue to be a big flop.
> 
> Nokia, for the most part, maintains a big market share in cheap mobile
> phones for lesser developed countries. Getting access to those markets is of
> little benefit to MS because the hardware needed to run the WP OS would make
> those phones unaffordable to those people.
> 
> I'm not seeing the benefit.
> 
> - Hans 
> 
> 
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