A new interview with me about everything O/R mapping and more is now live at .Net Rocks! Enjoy!
Published Thursday, September 25, 2008 10:33 AM by FransBouma
Hey Now Frans,
Great show!
Thx,
Catto
That was pretty cool to listen to.
Never knew that FireStar filed a patent infringement case against redhat nor about ALT.NET vs EF. Thanks for teh infos.
Jax
Awesome; I've been pitching them to bring you on the show -- I'm glad they / you went with it :)
Peter
Cool interview, Frans!
One note: you can't patent ideas in US either.
"The short answer to the question is you can't patent an idea."
Jennifer Rankin Byrne
Spokeswoman for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Steve Macdonald
Maybe it's just me, but why does it feel like all your blog posts are just about how great you are, and why the rest of the world are losers?
You know, "vanity" is one of the seven deadly sins, you should think about.
I think you're a very smart person, and you deserve some of the attention you're getting, without a doubt. But why don't you let others tell the world about it, instead of constantly bragging about everything you do?
I'm certainly not the only one who has this opinion, and I also wouldn't be surprised if this comment wouldn't last long on your blog.
Phil
@phil:
Where am I bragging that I'm so incredibly great? Don't you think your post is a bit erm.... silly? :)
Btw, I just blog about my thoughts on software engineering, how *I* think stuff should be done, and that's it. If you think that's arrogant, well, get a blog yourself and tell the world you know it better and show me I'm wrong in my opinions.
Posts like yours are not really adding anything to *any* debate.
FransBouma
This post for example, and the ones where you have to tell everyone that you once again were picked as MVC. Those are things that don't come across very well in my part of the world (Belgium). I guess that's the main reason why I feel this way about your posts...
As I said, it's probably just me :)
Phil, oh come on now... can I be a little happy about the fact an important .NET podcast asked me for an interview? I have no idea why you feel that way, but I think it's very reasonable to simply link on my own blog to an interview I had, so others who DO want to listen what I had to say can do so.
You meant MVP I think? Yes well... receiving a reward like that is similar, why can't I post about the fact I got a reward? How is that bragging... ?
Anyway, this gets a little annoying. If you can't stand the fact that I got asked by .net rocks and posted a link to the interview here, I'm sorry, but if THAT act alone makes me an arrogant asshole, so be it.
That's it Frans, from now on you are only allowed to post when you have depressing information to share, otherwise its arrogant.
I'm jealous of Frans' skills and success too, but I try to avoid to make all the world be aware of it.
Paolo Costa
Great interview Frans, well done!
I don't like braggers either, but Frans isn't one. Saying you received an award, or achieve anything significant, is not bragging.. it's a fact and something someone should be allowed to be proud of. Now if they went on and on about it, that would be different.. but Frans doesn't. He has strong opinions, but he backs them up with solid reasoning - I call this strong character, and something I respect much more than the alternative.
And blogging is about an individual expressing their opinions i.e. the author's view, no-one elses - how arrogant of them!? :)
James
