Originally posted by MrMacman
Microsofts biggest invention is
.NET and IIS both which have buge flaws.
IIS servers have had a history of hacking
.NET will just invade your privacy.
-MrMacman
I thought so too, but it turns out that .NET was a thin-client implementation, first introduced by Oracle in 1997-98. Except MS is using C# the MS-aped version of Java (originally tried with J++) as the primary code base.
As for IIS, I suppose it's possible they actually had an original thought here, but I think it was more evolutionary rather that revolutionary. It's a natural progression IMHO for NT, which in turn, if you will recall, was lifted from MS and IBM's collaboration on OS/2.
Yeah, I look at that and it's clearly biased. But the facts remain. MS steals their ideas - the big ones. DOS, Windows, NT, '95-XP, PDA's, gaming consoles, the Digital Hub, and now iWave!!!
They do try however, the SPOT technology is nifty, and so are tablet PC's, but they're just not compelling.
Ok. In self defense, a rant. I'm usually quite diplomatic in my writings, so cherish this, it's rare...
<rant>
SPOT: What the f*** am I going to do with a teensy PDA in a watch?! If I want to look up the weather, I'll do it just a few times a day with a web site or with WeatherPop. And If I were REALLY interested in what the temperature was, I'd be most interested in the air that immediately surrounds me, not a weather tower across town reporting five minutes ago. And as for an alarm clock? I can't even read that early in the morning, let alone understand stock prices from the Hang Seng.
Tablet PC: Sure I want to spend 20% more on a more fragile version of a notebook and communicate with it using handwriting that is, at best, half as fast as using a keyboard, far more subjective in it's legibility, and not editable, all leading to vastly less efficient ways to communicate.
</rant>
Iii'm sorry guys. It's been a long day dealing with idiots, and I'm decaffinated at this point.
