[Pc_Support] Windows Vista for free? Three pronged attack on open source

[Bryan J. Smith]

Phil Barnett <philb at philb.us> wrote:
> but they are the big bully and everyone else is the 98
pound
> weakling at this time ...

Yes, I have been watching Google's actions for some time.
 
> The .net framework is installed by default on Vista.

Installed, yes.  Used by MS itself?  No.
And .NET is no longer .NET.

> Part of the slow uptake of .NET usage is due to it being
> optional on every MS operating system to date.

That's because Microsoft's own applications division is not
using it.  Had they actually developed for .NET, instead of
continuing to use Win32, .NET would have been mandatory.

> Regardless of whether MS uses it themselves.

What Microsoft uses is what is adopted.  They may say one
thing publicly, but privately is another matter.

VB6 is a perfect example.

> The biggest advantage of .NET is that it defines the name
> spaces for distinct 
> usage of functionality without anywhere near the mess that
> win32 and a thousand other dll's caused.

The mess of Win32 was largely what Win32 became.
Same deal for .NET.



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