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this story has been banging around for a while. why be surprised if they drop a "name" (er....as/400 --- iSeries?) btw-the April 1 story is that MS & IBM got together and are combining OS/2 and .Net into ".NET/2". with apologies to the OS/2 people jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 8:26 PM Subject: Re: The Disappear.Net Campaign > I'd make two comments: > 1 I always wonder about any news story dated April 1st. > 2 Mary Jo Foley has a nose for a story but often times messes up in writing > about it. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Booth Martin http://www.MartinVT.com > Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx > --------------------------------------------------------- > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion > Date: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 18:51:18 > To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: The Disappear.Net Campaign > > A report that Microsoft is throwing away the .Net brand. > > http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,4248,989331,00.asp > > "After trying for three years to explain what ".Net" is, Microsoft seems to > be throwing in the towel." > > Given the history of Microsoft reinventing its development tools every few > years, this shouldn't surprise me. But it did. Anyone know of similar > reports? > > Nathan M. Andelin > www.relational-data.com > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > >
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