whidbey delays and mono
In the last few days there has been much talk about Whidbey delays, most of the posts i've seen are very vocal against the delay, a small minority try to understand MS position.
I won't add my 2 cents nor link to any of these opinions, for me it's just unfortunate, i don't care that much for yukon, and some whidbey features would be heaven for me. Oh well......
I will just say something that i haven't seen written anywhere yet. After being said that Mono was a worthless effort and would never be something more than just a few guys trailing behind, while trying to chase MS API's, wouldn't it be ironic if mono released some whidbey features (Generics,ASP.NET 2.0 features,etc,etc) before whidbey himself is released? ironic indeed.
[Update] Here is such an opinion emited in december 2003
It reminds me of a joke (truth? urban legend?) that i've told while i was a child. A story that General Custer once tried to teach some indians to play poker and left the teepee wearing only his underpants. The master was the pupil after all. :-)