Re:Microsoft takes .NET open source and cross-platform
by cwyers on Wednesday November 12, 2014 @12:56PM
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I think the world is probably a worse place if every computer user was given a command prompt and asked to use wget over FTP to get themselves a web browser. Or worse, if they had to go to Best Buy to buy one on DVD. Like, I can and will make a joke about having to try and put the DVD into the smartphone, but seriously, that sounds worse for pretty much everybody.
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Re:Microsoft takes .NET open source and cross-platform
by jacquesm on Wednesday November 12, 2014 @01:04PM
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Ok. So let's standardize on Firefox (or Opera), get rid of all the others by default and let users enable IE/Firefox/Safari and so on if and when they desire to do so.
And all three heavyweight gorilla IT companies could support FF/Opera with a clean conscience by donating (just like google does already, points for them).
Re:Microsoft takes .NET open source and cross-platform
by yuhong on Wednesday November 12, 2014 @03:27PM
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Personally I feel this is not worth the effort. Though this reminds me of Apple's attempt to push users to use Safari, which I agree is a bad idea.
Re:Microsoft takes .NET open source and cross-platform
by jacquesm on Wednesday November 12, 2014 @03:30PM
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And googles attempts to get people to switch to chrome. That button really got on my nerves. As if it should matter to google what browser I use to view a website. Oh, wait, it does.