Forgot your password?  Gates Tries to Explain .Net 613  Posted
by michael from the effing-the-ineffable dept. AdamBa writes
"Speaking to financial analysts and reporters, Bill Gates
admitted that .NET hadn't caught on as quickly as he had hoped.
The headline ('Gates admits .NET a "misstep"') is a bit
misleading; he doesn't think all of .NET was a misstep, just the
My Services part (aka Hailstorm). He also said that labelling
the current generation of enterprise products as .NET might have
been 'premature.' Summary: Microsoft got too excited about
locking in users via Hailstorm and botched the overall .NET
message." There's also a Reuters report and a NYTimes story on
the same subject, which includes the interesting line:
"Microsoft also warned today that the era of "open computing,"
the free exchange of digital information that has defined the
personal computer industry, is ending." It isn't clear if
Microsoft is talking about something happening beyond their
control, or if they're boasting about ending it.