Like Eric,
I
want .NET on Linux, Solaris and MacOS X.
Unlike Eric,
I want pieces of the server as well.
Yes,
I understand that .NET is the pointman
for Microsoft in the fight to own the server.
I'm just not convinced that the server is worth owning.
The fight to own the desktop was about
controlling the platform
and
the user's eyeball.
That fight is over,
Microsoft won.
Now the application server is the platform
and
the user doesn't see the server OS.
So what exactly is the server fight about?
And that's allright with me.
I know that when you break down the numbers
there is an obscene
profit margin on CD sales.
But when you're a fan of
small artists,
those same profit margins
let those artists earn a living.
That table at your local club,
selling CD's of the headliner's music,
can be the difference between a
hardscrabble existence
and a decent career.
And just about everyone has a CD to sell.
Because you can get a small run of CD's at a reasonable price.
And you can jam a bunch of CD's in the trunk of your car
to sell at your shows.
And you can even find people like
Andrew Calhoun,
an artist who founded a label to distribute his kind of music.
So as far as I'm concerned,
$0.99/song from
Apple's
iTunes Music Store
is a deal.
Now,
if we could just get going on the selection.
