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Re: Why I Like Longhorn and XAML

• To: Steve Boyce <SteveB@h...>
• Subject: Re: Why I Like Longhorn and XAML
• From: "Emmanuil Batsis (Manos)" <mbatsis@n...>
• Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 15:02:39 +0200
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Steve Boyce wrote:

> Just to add briefly to Oleg's good points, it seems to me that MS think
> very clearly about where their unique value is and how to leverage that.

Duplicating functionality of existing standards and grooping them under 
a new acronym does not really stand for unique value.

> I find it hard, and also pointless in fact, to criticise them for that
> if they do it well.  That is why they are a business and not working on
> GNU or whatever.

I think that none can argue against Microsoft being the best on what it 
does. However, one can argue on what it does.


> (And by the way, Office 2003 is the
> first Office upgrade for many years that seems to offer genuine value
> for money in terms of business benefit)

As an developer that finds XML handy, Office 2003 has nothing to give 
me. It's too overpriced for a number of my clients and advanced features 
are in the top of the price catalog.

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