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Re: Why I Like Longhorn and XAML

• To: "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@s...>
• Subject: Re: Why I Like Longhorn and XAML
• From: Robert Koberg <rob@k...>
• Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 15:51:29 -0800
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <r02000200-1028-99743EB40F1911D892650003937A08C2@[192.168.124.11]>
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I guess the Cracker song:
Get off this[1]
is more appropriate.

(The Leftover Salmon/Cracker collaboration is a better version,  
though...)

[1]  
http://www.lyricart.net/lyrics/cracker/kerosene_hat/get_off_this/ 
get_off_this.html

-Rob


On Nov 4, 2003, at 2:52 PM, Simon St.Laurent wrote:

> rob@k... (Robert Koberg) writes:
>> You gotta serve somebody.
>>   -- Bob Dylan
>
> Yes, but I think even Bob in that phase of his career still held out
> that there was choice in who and what you serve.  That song[1] is all
> about those choices.
>
> Service is not shame, unless what you serve is shameful.
>
> Unfortunately, projects like Avalon coupled with Microsoft's pulling  
> the
> plug on Internet Explorer strike me as being precisely about forcing
> choices to serve their interests, and that qualifies as shameful.
>
> Network effects can make life great.  They can also lead to great  
> shame.
> It's time for me to find a career where network effects don't force me
> into shame.
>
> [1] - http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/serve.html
>
> -- 
> Simon St.Laurent
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