tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973405408608267122.post3849597803961184259..comments2014-06-12T02:33:21.058-07:00Comments on Karen Hobert's Connecting Dots: The Hanna-Barbera world of Bill GatesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973405408608267122.post-79220830160639406822007-01-08T15:08:00.000-08:002007-01-08T15:08:00.000-08:00Sure it is!
Lock-in starts at the platform level...Sure it is! <br /><br />Lock-in starts at the platform level, as you point out. The stakes continue to rise as more services converge on the application layer. The .NET framework is just one example, fewer tools are required to build more applications since they all reuse the same services that are now a part of the Windows platform. <br /><br />Consider a few more recent MSFT developments: <br /Karen Hoberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02174536323408469521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973405408608267122.post-53590965101447407922007-01-08T14:42:00.000-08:002007-01-08T14:42:00.000-08:00What this really is about, is the next generation ...What this really is about, is the next generation operating system software which Bill Gates would like to be the lead on.<br /><br />The next generation of things to create software on and for are robotics hardware and things to interface with it. Gates wants to make sure that just as no computer hardware today can be made without Windows drivers (ok, a few MAC only hardware items exist, but Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com