It's like slapping yourself in the face

What a week or two. I've been overwhelmed with Websphere issues and the site upgrade to Mae and the new blogtool and updating the look on this site and etc etc.

Websphere:  Suuuuure "if it works in the IDE, it will work on the server, 4.0 is all about ease of deployment."  Liars.

I'm going to corporate on Mon to be marketed at by MSFT. They'd like us to help them get a foot in the door with the federal facility I'm working with (they've tried several times and been rebuffed) and encourage them to use .Net. I'm the server/infrastructure guy for the meet. I solicited everyone I know who is actually using .Net for their opinions good and bad, and the general conclusion I can draw is the same as that which I can draw for most technologies in the market today: Some if it is great, some sucks, most of it is OK. It's better than x at y, worse than x at z. However, one individual did ask repeatedly if each time the salesloser says "Web Services" I would punch him in the stomach. I'll see what I can do. I do plan on wearing my Penguin Computing t shirt ;)

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