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In the areas where we think they have a real lead...we're not going to be cheaper to acquire. But we have lower total cost, more complete, more innovative, and we are going to share source as broadly as we can, but not as broadly as they do. And we are going to have as or more a community as Linux does. I think if you put all of that together, that's our competitive proposition.
If there's one thing that I really admire about Steve Ballmer, it's his ability to use so many words to say absolutely
nothing. The entire article is just like this. Furthermore, he gives us yet
another explanation of what .NET is suppose to be:
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How do you define .Net?
What is .Net? Well, the benefit of .Net is XML (Extensible Markup Language); it's all about connection. We take the XML connection and we extend it across both client and server--while other guys are only server-focused. It's about connecting people to people, people to information, businesses to businesses, businesses to information, and so on. That is the benefit.
Huh? Now it's XML. At one time, it was C#, then it was suppose to be a way to deliver software services, then it was a programming language, then it was a common runtime environment that was to allow all sorts of systems to connect, then it was M$ Passport, yada, yada, yada. Is there any human being on the face of the planet who knows WTF .NET really is?(!) Has Steve Ballmer
ever given a straight answer to a straight question?
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[ October 12, 2002: Message edited by: jtpenrod ]