JEDIDIAH <jedi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On 2009-05-14, Mart van de Wege <mvdwege_public@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Sinister Midget <fardblossom@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> On 2009-05-13, none of your buisiness <none@xxxxxxxx> claimed:
>>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>
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>>>>> Miguel,
>>>>>
>>>>> You are trying to characterise us as 'binary' extremists (right|wrong)
>>>>> when in fact your simplistic labeling mechanism is a case of applying
>>>>> hypocrisy.
>>>>>
>>>>> Think about it.
>
> [deletia]
>
>>> I still think it's either Miguel or it's a very good troll. This
>>> "person" gave a history of events that partially coincided with what is
>>> known. By itself that doesn't prove anything, I know.
>>>
>> I have read multiple posts by Miguel in other places. If this is an
>> impersonator, it's a good one. The style is definitely Miguel.
>>
>> Miguel thinks a lot of things Microsoft did in the software realm were
>> good ideas: one of his first goals was to implement a COM-like component
>> infrastructure on Linux.
>
> ...I thought it was kind of the other way around. The COM components
> in Windows are sort of a devolved version of something that developed
> natively on Unix.
No, it gets hairier than that. COM was built on the work done on
DCE/RPC, but Miguel's project (Bonobo) was definitely inspired directly
by COM.
Mart
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