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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Can you guys please take this elsewhere unless you are going to give explicit examples of how Jabber development will relate to .NET.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>P.S. Just because a company with a lot of money backs something, doesn't mean it is great. </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Oliver George [<A HREF="mailto:oliver@littledevil.com.au">mailto:oliver@littledevil.com.au</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2001 2:50 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: jdev@jabber.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: Re: [JDEV] Relationship with .NET?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >>> I suggest if we as an industry are going to back anything </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> we back SOAP</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >>> and XML and let .NET .DIE</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >> Wow, I can honestly say I've never heard such an ignorant </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> statement in</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >> my life. Let me put the statement in perspective for </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> people who are not up</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >> to par with .NET..</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >> "I suggest if we as an industry are going to back anything </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> we back small</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >> peices of wood made so we can pick our teeth, and LET </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> TOOTHPICKS DIE.."</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >> Shesh..</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> >> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Shouldn't that be "sheesh"? Or is that "shush"???</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Oh, and I don't use toothpicks... any chance of letting us </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> in on how you see</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > .NET, SOAP and Jabber developing - sorry to be so slow -:)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Heh, just my 2c... the initial posting was enthusiastic and hollow. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> give us an example. else we cant tell an insightful comment from the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> new age of propaganda: 'spamming good technology mail groups'. Sorry </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> for the conspiricy theory: i've no doubt .NET will be great else MS </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> wouldn't back it so hard. but tell us why.</FONT>
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