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To: Robert Salasidis who wrote (35909)	12/23/2002 9:35:50 PM
From: Jeff Hayden	Respond to of 213172

As you have shown with your URLs, there aren't as many books out on Apple's software as there are for .NET. But then there is so much developer information and software included with each OSX box and at Apple's developer web site at developer.apple.com that you may not need a lot of third party books to get into writing Objective C. The Apple software also includes a complete Java development system. BTW, it looks like FireWire got the gold ring after all ;)

To: Robert Salasidis who wrote (35909)	12/23/2002 10:05:05 PM
From: Alomex	Respond to of 213172

I have used .net for a small project, and I am currently using the web services aspect to creaste a front end to a hardware device I am designing. It is relatively easy to get all this done from deign tools to deployment. The only thing I know about .net is that the guy who lead the Gnome project in Linux swears by it... Coming from the linux community that is no small thing...

To: Robert Salasidis who wrote (35909)	12/24/2002 12:56:26 PM
From: Dave	Respond to of 213172

I could see programming with Visual.Net for either (1) small projects with short expected lifespans, or (2) Windows-only projects. For any cross-platform project that is expected to last for at least a few years, it's far too risky to trust Microsoft to continue to support non-Windows users. They have a long, solid history of introducing exciting cross-platform initiatives in order to cut off the air supply to competitive threats, and then once the competition is gone, either letting the non-Windows versions languish into obsolescence, or dropping them altogether. Not only is there is no reason to expect .Net to be different, but in fact Microsoft's anticompetitive strategies have become more entrenched and appalling. Dave