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Are you excited about .NET 2.0?   [Edit]

Survey period: 15 Nov 2004 to 21 Nov 2004

.NET 2.0 promises to bring a bunch of innovations and new features to make our lives wonderful. But do you care?

OptionVotes% 
I'm very excited41026.23
I'm looking forward to it51332.82
I'm slightly interested in it27617.66
I'm not that interested in it20713.24
I don't want to know about it15710.04



 
GeneralRe: Now Microsoft is not ALONE Pin
TheFluff18-Nov-04 9:53
TheFluff18-Nov-04 9:53 
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Super Lloyd18-Nov-04 17:24
Super Lloyd18-Nov-04 17:24 
GeneralAnyone worry about your source code? Pin
eric feng15-Nov-04 13:11
eric feng15-Nov-04 13:11 
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Timothy Grabrian15-Nov-04 13:38
professionalTimothy Grabrian15-Nov-04 13:38 
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RGabo15-Nov-04 14:33
RGabo15-Nov-04 14:33 
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eric feng15-Nov-04 14:49
eric feng15-Nov-04 14:49 
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RGabo15-Nov-04 14:53
RGabo15-Nov-04 14:53 
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afinnell20-Nov-04 12:11
afinnell20-Nov-04 12:11 
Strong keys don't prevent reverse engineering.

Obfuscating is the way to go but does not mean someone won't be able to reverse engineer the code. Obfuscating is supposed to just make it unbelievablly difficuly to understand, hopefully to the point where it looks like the equivalent of assembly code from a decompiled C++ program. And also people that want to truely decompile a program will find a way. It happens in natively compiled apps written in C and C++. All of the hacking/cracking tools can atest to that. Invest in a semi-decent Obfuscator and you should be safe from wondering kiddie eyes.

If there is a specific formula or business logic that absolutely has to be protected to the best of your abilities you could always write a COM object and utilize that object in your .NET application.

Keep in mind Java has the same afflicition and it hasn't stopped that environment.

I suppose you could also look at it from a different perspective. If someone does blatantly copy your code you will be able to tell by reverse engineering their code also.

I hope I never have to go back to C++ again. Environments like .NET and Java have allowed me to focus more on Architecture and design instead of worring about using strncpy instead of strcpy (Yes STL takes care of this, but the statement hopefully serves it's purpose. Smile | :) I can't wait until I'm switching out crystals to boost warp engines.. oh yeah!

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Drew
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Ashley van Gerven16-Nov-04 0:02
Ashley van Gerven16-Nov-04 0:02 
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Grimolfr16-Nov-04 1:36
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Ashley van Gerven17-Nov-04 23:46
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eric feng16-Nov-04 6:05
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obukolov16-Nov-04 9:41
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eric feng16-Nov-04 10:58
eric feng16-Nov-04 10:58 
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Ashley van Gerven16-Nov-04 13:04
Ashley van Gerven16-Nov-04 13:04 
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eric feng16-Nov-04 13:08
eric feng16-Nov-04 13:08 
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Jörgen Sigvardsson17-Nov-04 10:41
Jörgen Sigvardsson17-Nov-04 10:41 
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afinnell20-Nov-04 12:16
afinnell20-Nov-04 12:16 
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Jörgen Sigvardsson20-Nov-04 12:25
Jörgen Sigvardsson20-Nov-04 12:25 
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afinnell20-Nov-04 15:09
afinnell20-Nov-04 15:09 
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obukolov18-Nov-04 9:00
obukolov18-Nov-04 9:00 
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Ashley van Gerven16-Nov-04 13:01
Ashley van Gerven16-Nov-04 13:01 
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eric feng16-Nov-04 13:23
eric feng16-Nov-04 13:23 
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Ashley van Gerven18-Nov-04 0:00
Ashley van Gerven18-Nov-04 0:00 
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obukolov18-Nov-04 9:10
obukolov18-Nov-04 9:10 

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