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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’ll be avoiding .net for infinity
and beyond (if I can) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I think it’s the biggest FAD since
win32 api (except for the win32 api) but a fad that will fade.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>There are some good places it seems nice
to like web, but then there is php and stuff too.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Who knows until humpty dumpty falls off
the wall. There is a lot of life in <st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</st1:place> and
C++ yet I am guessing without going C# etc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>And if I am completely wrong in 5 years
time well then, I can always retire and do something more fun.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Paul A Norman<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 24 May 2006 12:06
a.m.<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">NZ
Borland Developers Group - <st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</st1:place> List</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [DUG] D2006</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Or could that be . . .<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>"Why do you need .NET</span></font></b></strong> <font
color=silver><span style='color:silver'>2.0? </span></font><font color="#666666"><span
style='color:#666666'>(<- very faded colour)</span></font><font
color=silver><span style='color:silver'><br>
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<strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">"Apart from generics, everything
else is available elsewhere AFAIK. </font></b></strong><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><br>
</span></b><br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 23/05/06, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Richard
Vowles</span></b> <<a href="mailto:Richard.Vowles@borland.com">Richard.Vowles@borland.com</a>>
wrote:</span></font></span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Why do you need .NET 2.0?<br>
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Apart from generics, everything else is available elsewhere AFAIK.<br>
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________________________________<br>
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From: <a href="mailto:delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz">delphi-bounces@ns3.123.co.nz</a>
on behalf of Jeremy Coulter<br>
Sent: Tue 23/05/2006 22:46<br>
To: '<st1:PersonName w:st="on">NZ Borland Developers Group - <st1:place w:st="on">Delphi</st1:place>
List</st1:PersonName>' <br>
Subject: RE: [DUG] D2006<br>
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agh...thats what I thought....damn...IS there going to be a Delphi version soon
that supports .NET 2.0 ?<br>
If not, I am faces with VS2005 and learning C# which, I dont have time for
right now either...sigh....well I could us <a href="http://VB.NET">VB.NET</a>
but I REFUSE to go backwards :-)<br>
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