Re: .NET dead in 2 Years ?
From: Marina (someone_at_nospam.com)
Date: 10/18/04
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Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:25:11 -0400
I recommend you delete SPAM like this as soon as you get it. And I wouldn't
do business with a company that would actually send an email like this to
their clients.
"Didi H." <didi@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:AITcd.1$%g2.0@fe57.usenetserver.com...
> Hi,
> in our company we are currently thinking about to do new project in .NET.
> I like this idea but there is another group that has a totally different
> opinon.
> Yesterday I got the following email, and I am wondering if it is true what
> is said in this mail.
> Here is the mail it is very long:
>
> CTO Corner
> Where is the Industry going?
> What technologies and platforms make sense for GUPTA and its customers to
> grow their business? Is Longhorn the answer to all IT challenges? What
about
> the coexistence of Windows and Linux in the future? These questions need
> answers and I want to share some thoughts about our direction.
>
> What is Longhorn?
> Longhorn is Microsoft's next Desktop operating system that will offer the
> next generation of application development. Longhorn will allow
developers
> to create rich-client applications that reside on a central server and,
via
> HTTP (web browser) users will be able to access these applications and,
the
> applications will make calls to the new operating system to render
graphics
> and other services. The user experiences will be very much like a
> client/server application offering much of the rich features and immediate
> feedback such as population of drop-down combo boxes, populated fields,
etc.
> Developers will only have to maintain one single version of the
application,
> which will reduce much of the time and frustration of deploying
> client/server applications.
>
> What about the delays in Longhorn?
> Because Microsoft tightly integrates their development tools and other
> supporting products with the operating system the delay of Longhorn has
far
> reaching implications. The delay of Longhorn, from 2004 to 2006 not only
> affects Microsoft products, but also affects independent software vendors
> like GUPTA.
>
> What does it mean to GUPTA?
> As an independent provider of a RAD development tool and embedded database
> engine, we must look at the broader market. Linux is quickly becoming a
> contender for the desktop space and, in fact, many believe it may offer
> better support for Windows applications in the near and long term than
> Microsoft. It is very important for everyone to understand that Longhorn
> will not support most of today's applications, even many of the .NET
> applications written today.
>
> There is serious doubt about Microsoft's ability to deliver Longhorn even
by
> 2006 and even more concern about the financial implications to business as
> they are forced to rewrite most Microsoft based applications. Team
> Developer has a long history of protecting its developers from having to
> rewrite entire applications every time the underlying operating system or
> technology changes. This is why it's important for GUPTA to fully
> understand the Longhorn release and, determine how GUPTA can best ensure
> developers will be minimally impacted. Anyone serious about this topic
> should read the following links.
>
> http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_16/b3879001_mz001.htm
>
> http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=19502405
>
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1589204,00.asp
>
> http://channelzone.ziffdavis.com/article2/0,1759,1589870,00.asp
>
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,,1586641,00.asp
>
> Where is GUPTA heading?
> Some customers have asked why we are developing a Linux product rather
than
> a .NET product? The answer is very simple - .NET as we know it today has
a
> life span of two years and it is hardly worth investing in technology that
> is going to be deprecated or significantly changed.
>
> On the other hand, there is a lot of momentum on the Linux platform. A
> number of governments, corporations and SME's are either implementing or
> evaluating the use of Linux as a desktop and vendors like Novell/SUSE and
> Red Hat are providing some very compelling Linux desktop distributions.
> This in conjunction with a number of other projects such as WINE
> http://www.winehq.com/, MONO http://www.go-mono.com/mono-roadmap.html and
> the work being done by the Desktop Linux Consortium XUL project
> (http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5201325.html) mean that not far off in
the
> future there will be a .NET framework and Longhorn equivalent on Linux.
> This creates a huge opportunity for GUPTA to become a major player in the
> cross-platform market allowing developers to create Microsoft Windows and
> Linux applications using a single source code line.
>
> What does it mean to GUPTA customers?
> In a word - Opportunity! Can you imagine writing a Team Developer Linux
> application with just three or four developers and delivering the
> application in just four or five months versus a team of 10 Java
programmers
> delivering an application is 18 months if at all. This is not rhetoric,
it
> is fact.
>
> What's more, the Linux market is a green field for ISVs, VARS and software
> houses. Business applications are the final link needed to make the Linux
> desktop a reality. For those who have stayed with GUPTA products, they
will
> be able to take applications they have invested many man years in
> development and quickly offer a Linux version by simply taking their
source
> code files and recompiling in Team Developer for Linux. This is a huge
> opportunity for economic growth in 2005 and 2006.
>
> Additionally, as the MONO project progresses and Microsoft clarifies the
> feature set for Longhorn, GUPTA will be in place to provide a version of
> Team Developer that will generate MSIL code that can be run on both
Longhorn
> and Linux taking advantage of both platforms. As we monitor the Desktop
> Linux Consortiums XUL project, we will see how it mirrors the features of
> Longhorn and, determine how best to take advantage of this new technology
as
> well.
>
>
>
>
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