I like pst files because my whole mailbox can fit into just one file, which is very neat and tidy.

But I wonder about the complexity of them internally. Also, they may have features from Outlook that are legally protected. So if you implement all the features you could in effect be copying Outlook or be restricted to the Outlook feature set.

I'm glad that .Net is not the only choice and sounds like they have chosen well.

We need more diversity and software that uses Linux, this is a much needed boost for the Linux platform.

Brilliant!

Life is a disease if you look at it scientifically.

Linus would be wise to say that, it's best not to burn bridges, you never know the future. Who needs hatred anyway, it's not cool to hate.

I would begin to trust and respect Microsoft if they respected the W3C standards.

It's also hard to forgive them for the way they crushed Netscape with IE and then abused the HTML standards back in 1997, what on earth were they trying to do?

In my opinion Microsoft still dominate the PC OS market and they continue to recklessly break web standards, so they are bad news to me.

Life without Microsoft please.

Not me, I can't wait to escape from Windows. I've been stuck using Microsoft Windows since 1996.

I want to use a Posix based system.

Life without Microsoft please.

Anyway, it's really 6.1 not 7. Seven is just a gimmicky marketing name to make it sound better.

It should be called Vista 2.

I remember when the Xbox was released, the Sega Dreamcast was stopped being manufactured and Sega announced that they were only going to produce games software.

            Microsoft Xbox in -> Sega Dreamcast out.

            There can only be so many consoles in the market place at a time.

            I guess the Sega execs thought it may be too risky to try and compete with the might of Microsoft.

            Microsoft have aggressively expanded their market into the console market, using their existing monopoly with PC software.

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Amazing guess :)

Cool, I'm glad you agree.

I just want Microsoft completely out of my life. I've been using PCs since 1996 and have had enough with Windows.

I feel like I've been forced to use Microsoft, just to use a computer.

I was sickened when they killed Netscape then broke all the W3C standards. In my opinion, they tried to corrupt the web.

I'm so glad we have the power of Google and Apple nowadays, cause they actually respect the W3C standards and don't try to corrupt the web.

Oh, and then there was Vista, that crippled OpenGL on the desktop and replaced it with DirectX, Yuk!

I used to like Windows 95, but now I've simply had enough of Microsoft.

Life without Microsoft please...

Cool, as long as that's understood.

Good to see you use Firefox.

But it sounds like you are a Windows developer who has been taken in by the Microsoft hype.

I don't have Silverlight installed and have never needed to, thankfully :)

Only a fool would waste time developing on a fruitless proprietry platform.

Silverlight to Flash is as fruitless as Bing is to Google.

You'll see...

Wouldn't want to see my children with an Xbox, depressing...

Just jump into the Microsoft hole...

Let them take over the internet and the gaming market...

Xbox blew SEGA out of the market.

Not nice.

Anything but Microsoft please...

Is WPF free of software patents and is it fully running on Linux?

I doubt it...

As far as I know WPF is a proprietry technology originating from Windows Vista and dot Windows (.Net) [cough].

I would just not install it, to be safe and sure :)

You are absolutely right, I'd say do not even look at Silverlight, don't install it, just boycott it. In the end, Silverlight is just to bolster up the dot Windows (.Net) platform [cough] and the associated IP and software patents.

The last thing we need right now is to give Microsoft more power on the internet.

Let them furnish their own website with silverlight, so we can't properly browse it. Let them dig their own hole, just don't go near it.

It's the same old story from Microsoft, they go full steam ahead with their own proprietry technology while avoiding the W3C standards, like SVG.

Fact: Internet Explorer is rapily loosing market share.

Fact: Developers see Linux compatibility as important and Linux is steadily gaining market share.

Fact: Silverlight is only taking off on Microsoft's own website. It is still well behind Flash. But time will tell. I'm pretty sure it will be a big flop. We will have to see, just like I said.

The worlds biggest movie web site YouTube will never use Silverlight cause Google will never use Microsoft's Technology.

Because of this, and also because Microsoft have a bad reputation with web standards, I don't think Silverlight will ever take off.

I have said this in earlier posts, but obviously time will tell.

I think Silverlight is a powerful technology, but because it is from Microsoft, is closed source and doesn't support Linux, it will fail.

Poweful technology alone is not what it takes to succeed on the web, cause the web is also a community!