"One Bullet is never enough" Paper

[David LeBlanc]

Also worth noting is that C# has COM intimately embedded in it and COM is
not free on (Li|U)nix. What's the big deal about C# anyway? It's mostly just
Java slathered with COM and marketing hype.

David LeBlanc
Seattle, WA USA

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> From: python-list-admin at python.org
> [mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of Patrick
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 18:25
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Re: "One Bullet is never enough" Paper
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> "Kragen Sitaker" <kragen at pobox.com> wrote in message
> news:838z6epblf.fsf at panacea.canonical.org...
> > "Patrick" <postmisc at yahoo.com.au> writes:
> > > Submitting the language to a standards body and opening it up to other
> > > implementors is hardly a clever way to lock programmers into
> a specific
> > > vendor.
> >
> > It's an excellent way to get programmers to use it.  ECMA does not
> > require that the standardized technology be patent-free, and Microsoft
> > has declared their intention to make it not patent-free.
>
> Eek! I wasn't aware of that. Can you point me to a reference?
> If this is the case, they've just lost one potential user.
>
> > The ultimate
> > result will be that the patents will issue in a couple of years, at
> > which point you will be able to compete with Microsoft's .NET by
> > producing a compatible implementation as long as Microsoft finds it
> > convenient to allow you to do so, or as long as you don't need to sell
> > in the US.  This is the clever way to lock programmers into a specific
> > vendor.
>
> I guess it always pays to watch one's step with Microsoft.
>
> The first time they release something technically interesting, it
> turns out
> to be booby-trapped ... What a pity.
>
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