On May 19, 2008, at 8:15 PM, Torsten Curdt wrote:
On May 20, 2008, at 01:49, Alex Kac wrote:
I think one of the issues here is you're comparing .NET - which is
not the primary Windows framework - to Cocoa - which is. They are
comparable and many people do compare them, but truthfully most
commercial software on Windows will not be written with .NET
Huh? That is not my experience.
Fine. Go look at a computer store - look at all the software. 99% of
it was written in MFC/Win32. Very little is written in .NET. On my
Windows machine the only apps I had to install .Net for were
QUickBooks (and that was only for one small part of it - not even the
main app, just one of its helper apps) and Visual Studio. I have no
other off-the-shelf software that uses .NET and I have thousands of
dollars of Win software.
.NET is pushed by Microsoft for IT apps and custom apps, not for
commercial apps even though there are some. I have used .NET and
really really like it, but I simply view Cocoa and .NET as two
frameworks for different purposes. Yes, Cocoa can be used for custom
IT apps much like .NET, but .NET is optimized for that purpose.
What are "IT apps"? This is a weird distinction.
IT apps. You know - custom business apps written in the IT groups for
a business? Or those apps written by Accenture or other consulting
firms for businesses to run. Custom apps that are not sold in retail.
I could go on and on.
Sorry, don't buy that.
I'm not forcing you to. It certainly doesn't affect me either way. I
can tell you that's what Microsoft's own project leads on VS2008 told
me last time I was in Seattle in 2007 and at MEDC 2007 in Vegas (where
I was a speaker). They focus on non-commercial apps, those used in-
business.
Alex Kac - President and Founder
Web Information Solutions, Inc. - Central Texas Microsoft Certified
Partner
"If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you."
-- Francis Roberts
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