[DotGNU]Re: Developers digest, Vol 1 #68 - 16 msgs

[Zimran Ahmed]

>Well, if you are already talking to people how look on Linux
>favorably, then I'd say something like:
>
>     DotGNU is to .NET, as Linux is to Windows.  If you like
>     Linux, then you will love DotGNU.
>
>Or something like that.

this would not be quite true though. Linux is a competitor to windows. 
Depending on how DotGNU and .NET ends up being implemented, anything 
using that architecture could still have to go through servers in Redmond 
(as it is currently described, authentication from .NET *has* to come 
from Microsoft).

So, DotGNU is something that help Windows spread its liscensing regime to 
more places. Of course, all of this depends on how Microsoft ends up 
decided to implement its authentication services, but given past 
behavior, i know where the smart money should be.

zimran