MS Retards

Looks like some of the geniuses that brought us Microsoft Bob are at work on the .NET framework 2.0. I love how the XmlDataSource control doesn't let you use xml namespaces in the RTM version. How the hell does anyone that doesn't understand the importance of Xml namespaces get a job creating the primary Xml databinding feature of .NET 2.0? Maybe I am missing something, but I know this was a problem that was brought up numerous times during beta, and it doesn't look like it was addressed in RTM.

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  • Dude,

    Something very wrong is happening over there. Check out Roy Osherove and Frans Bouma's strange VS.NET bugs. I'm not sure what the hell is happening in Redmond, but you'd think with all the delays they'd be in better shape with the RTM of the stack.

  • From my dealings with other developers on this very issue, it's not the XML namespaces that cause the problems and confusion. It's the support for them in the framework. Namespaces are second nature now to most developers. But when your first few attempts at using them in XML fails to work with the framework, you naturally are led towards not using namespaces. Then the next project that uses XML you just decide that there are other more important battles to fight and you don't even bother with namespaces. This definitely doesn't lead you towards Rico's "Pit of Success"

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