Yeah. I'm not going to go for .NET. As I've said before, I'll stick to non-.NET versions of Windows.
.Net is evil. :/

doesnt good old gates make something like £10 per second?

I think he meant BlackBomb which is the code name for a very distant version of windows that speaks of using SQL Server as it's filesystem, among other outstanding leaps in what we know as an OS. I think that's due out around 2004.

Well, a while back, whistler was supposed to be "Windows 2002" and Blackcomb "Windows 2003". But maybe the schedule got pushed off, but maybe not. The Blackcomb development is well under way already.
And .NET is the Microsoft new strategy to "rent" their software, not sale them. In the future, you will decide what you you make of your computer and lease software from Microsft according to what you need: specific features of Windows, with some specific featrus of Word, Excel, etc. You'll mot likely pay a monthly subscription. That's the plan. Also, .NET includes a proprietory standard based on a new programming language called C# (read C sharp). The engine is called Hailstorm and will allow you to access your data and share your data from and to any device: digital cameras, scanners, removable disks, online spaces, PDA, cellular phones, digital picture frames, even your car your ecommerce web site, and the list goes on. Of course the makers of those devices will have to be .NET compliant. And therefore the whole digital world will then on revolve around Microsoft. The DOJ haven't seen anything yet regarding antitrust... But that's not the end of it. All your information will eventually be stored on Microsoft's servers, including your calendar, you credit card information, your business contacts, etc. You will be able to give permission, for example, to an online traveling agency to automatically check your agenda for the best suitable time and automatically bill your credit card.

Anyway. All this is supposed to be revolutionary, but to me it sounds like the begining of the dark ages...

I would like an SQL based file system. Imagine all the things you could do with that!

I just want an OS that works without an internet connection.

Yeah, let them get their own porn!

I just want an OS that works....

This BlackBomb certainly is living up to it's name
the potential test for the "Herd". If any Individual chooses this, it would be due to their ignorance to a dominant reality of the society of now within its current state of mental evolution. I could percieve a probable reality of doomsayers linking such innovations to satanic relations or such prophesed symbolisms or armageddon valuated by such a touchstone. Ahh the sheep..other than that, it seems Microsoft is propagating the hacker's heaven... nothing wrong about that at all, as long as the consumers be responsible and cultivate accountability for their choices, it is who they are after all, their choices, Ignorance is not an excuse, it's a way but not an excuse of course in it's essence it's all relative.

oh , to comment on the message just befor my barrage of words, nothing wrong with Clinton, it's what's wrong with everyone else, does your hand punch you in the face just because you had sex with someone in your head? Does your spleen burst because you had a so called impure thoughts about someone(define purity from your understanding of it). Clinton is as normal as everyhuman with any sort of emotional urge for anything, it's the society he lives in that made the fuss over such an insignificant meaning, which if anyone has at all observed this overrated situation learn the virtue of observing the dominant perception, and to those that are individuals be warned, for you are the worst threat ever more than any terrorist country would ever hope to be, on this friggin earth. Don't be a sheep, and think.

Yeah, Crae, me too. I thought *I* had a tendency to use too many $0.50 words in polite conversation. I find myself reeling from that barrage of literation...

Oh, and, uh, I fully disagree on the Clinton thing. At least he knew how to be President, even if he was a poor husband. What we have now is a man (and *that's* deabtable) who can only win people's respect by bribing them. (As much as I'll like getting my Tax Relief check, I'd rather there still be something in the Social Security Account when I start to draw from it in 35 years; won't happen at this rate.) And what idiot said he's *lucky* to still be married to that she-demon hag?! (j/k)

As for Blackcomb (and yes, it *is* "comb" like what you run through your hair if you're lucky enough to still have any), what video are you referring to, SickPuppy? I'm a new-tech junky; and although I've heard the Black*C*omb name kicked around for about a year now, I haven't seen many specifics.

Slow down guys, my personal distaste towards Clinton goes way beyond his sexual life, which is obviousely some peoples only concern. As a persident he did more harm than good

I wasn't trying to start a politcal debate here, I just have strong opinions when it comes to the government;)

Uh, oh. My last post could be interpreted as a drive-by Microsoft bashing. So I'll amend it to: Yes, database file systems rock. I've been using it on BeOS, and find myself missing it terribly when I have to get back to windows. This approach of using user-defined attributes is similar to what Microsoft was trying to accomplish with Win2K. I think they ran out of time.