ALT.NET Conference - Opening Day..Opening Thoughts

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MSDN Blog Postings » ALT.NET Conference - Opening Day..Opening Thoughts — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 08:43:07 GMT

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re: ALT.NET Conference - Opening Day..Opening Thoughts

Kevin Daly — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:56:00 GMT

Mort is let's face it a fundamentally derogatory and insulting concept.

In usage it has become linked with the tendency of people who look at code from an abstract/academic perspective to consider themselves and their attitudes superior to those who actually write code for a living...in essence it's another manifestation of Real Programmerism. It wasn't intended to be but it is.

Personally I don't have a lot of time for the ALT.NET movement given how much emphasis is put on writing code a certain way Because It Forces People To Do The Right Thing, and especially given that so many of its proponents actually think Active Record is a good idea.

re: ALT.NET Conference - Opening Day..Opening Thoughts

Jay Flowers — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:11:24 GMT

I am not sure the tools value statement you are remembering was mine. If so I remember saying the the tools are expressions of the values. It was made in response to Scott H.'s and Martin F.'s question about what is Alt.Net.

It is not definable. Like Zen it is better to say what it is not, than what it is.

Alt.NET

J.D. Meridth — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 04:00:03 GMT

UPDATE: Context: This was a joke! No term was stated in a derogatory tone. Howard Dierking does a much

re: ALT.NET Conference - Opening Day..Opening Thoughts

Klem — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:20:28 GMT

... are you thinking what I'm thinking and Howard does a fine job of being the body of Mort for the majority of us? No? Then just look at where he's taking the MSDN mag.

ALT.NET - Trip Report

There and Back Again — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:42:02 GMT

I had the recent opportunity to travel to Austin, TX to attend a meeting of the minds of those who are