Re: OT: Data Smog
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aiken said:
I've read the presentation transcript on msdn. I'm not a professional programmer or sysadmin, so my opinion probably worths a little, but it doesn't look 10x more powerful than *sh+perl+gnu utils combination for *nix. And without winfs and 100% .net enviroment it even will be no better than cmd.exe. I just learnt to be very sceptical about "groundbreaking tool with new exciting features" fluff. SE5 is one of the exceptions 
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Well, to me, a programming and IT pro, the fact that it treats the input and output as streams of objects instead of just text is really innovative. You are right though, without the .NET framework, I can't do much with the exposed members via reflecting. .NET will ship with Longhorn as it is; and I really like the .NET framework. Really amazing how some people brush it off as if sucked, but it beats the pants off of J2SE.
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