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Re:Microsoft and the Metaverse by debaserab2 on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @02:18PM (#29166121)
The only people I see excited for "web3" (which I believe has become a blanket term for the metaverse, NFTs, and other crypto schemes) are those carving out real estate there for themselves in order to become future landlords.
Re:Microsoft and the Metaverse by Andrex on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @02:32PM (#29166317)
Web 3.0 was already getting old ten years ago, I could have sworn we were on Web 4.0 or 5.0 by now...
Re:Microsoft and the Metaverse by SllX on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @02:44PM (#29166469)
I’ve been hearing Web 3 everywhere too. To be fair Web 3.0 never caught on and this is Web 3, not Web three point oh.
Re:Microsoft and the Metaverse by Andrex on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @02:53PM (#29166607)
Ah, so the "new hotness" is just a Web 3.x point-release. Gotcha. :P
Re:Microsoft and the Metaverse by SllX on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @03:10PM (#29166815)
Yep. At some point, maybe after the 4.x or 5.x releases, someone will get fed up with point releases and push for an aggressive release schedule on new Webs and incrementing the whole version number each time.

I hope to be present at that meeting so I can deliver a swift Service Pack to his face.

Re:Microsoft and the Metaverse by _carbyau_ on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @10:42PM (#29170819)
How about naming the releases after the year and month. So we can be in 21.11 release of the web now. New release due in 21 days...
Re:Microsoft and the Metaverse by TigeriusKirk on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @02:57PM (#29166657)
If you're excited about web3, it's to be expected you'd be looking for ways jump on the opportunities you believe it presents.
Re:Microsoft and the Metaverse by setpatchaddress on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @03:10PM (#29166805)
If you're a grifter, you're very much excited by opportunities for grift.