A friend sent me this link to the Dr Dobbs Journal with an interesting (at least for both of us) article about .NET
http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=9211/ddj050201dnn/Several of us would not be surprised at one of the author's sentences
Microsoft has allowed marketing to take precedence over technology
I would've added the words "yet again" :)
"The five senses obstruct or deform the apprehension of reality."
Jorge L. Borges?
"Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming."
Donald Knuth, repeating C. A. R. Hoare
"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely"
Jorge L. Borges