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Re: Why I Like Longhorn and XAML

• To: Oleg Dulin <dulino@o...>, XML Dev <xml-dev@l...>
• Subject: Re: Why I Like Longhorn and XAML
• From: "Emmanuil Batsis (Manos)" <mbatsis@n...>
• Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 15:11:35 +0200
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Oleg Dulin wrote:

>> On the other hand, I already know SVG, CSS, XHTML and DOM. Why should 
>> I learn something other than that and give away my toolbox for a 
>> restrictive environment where everything has the MS signature on it?
> 
> 
> Because in the near future someone with less education than you, less 
> student loans to pay, and better visual development tools will come to 
> your customer and do your job in half the time.

Pretty good point... The above indeed applies in many cases, but I will 
always be more flexible using open standards while I will be able to 
sell to non MS shops. Besides, I'm getting paid to solve problems no MS 
guy with MSSQL+.NET+Visual tools can solve, so my market is above that.


> Mainframe developers said the same thing to VB and Java -- we already 
> know COBOL, PL/I, SQL and JCL, why should we learn something else ?

This is not about evolution, it's about being open.

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• References:
  • RE: Why I Like Longhorn and XAML
    • From: "Didier PH Martin" <martind@n...>
  • Re: Why I Like Longhorn and XAML
    • From: Michael Champion <mc@x...>
  • Re: Why I Like Longhorn and XAML
    • From: Oleg Dulin <dulino@o...>
  • Re: Why I Like Longhorn and XAML
    • From: "Emmanuil Batsis (Manos)" <mbatsis@n...>
  • Re: Why I Like Longhorn and XAML
    • From: Oleg Dulin <dulino@o...>

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