Comments on: What will we see from Microsoft’s Danger acquisition? http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/what-will-we-see-from-microsofts-danger-acquisition/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:22:38 -0500 hourly 1 By: iphone man http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/what-will-we-see-from-microsofts-danger-acquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-595425 iphone man Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:50:41 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/what-will-we-see-from-microsofts-danger-acquisition/#comment-595425 There are times when Microsoft just doesn't know what to do... this is one of them! There are times when Microsoft just doesn’t know what to do… this is one of them!

]]> By: drdrew http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/what-will-we-see-from-microsofts-danger-acquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-595266 drdrew Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:36:53 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/what-will-we-see-from-microsofts-danger-acquisition/#comment-595266 Yahoo...Microsoft Yahoo...Danger is my middle name... Yahoo…Microsoft Yahoo…Danger is my middle name…

]]> By: Chris http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/what-will-we-see-from-microsofts-danger-acquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-595164 Chris Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:13:29 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/what-will-we-see-from-microsofts-danger-acquisition/#comment-595164 I don't buy it. $500 million for some web proxying stuff? Not worth it. A small investment in Squid and some custom code would give you the same thing. They bought Danger for the OS and for the messaging. I think they are going to pull a Zune in the mobile phone space - new OS, different than their "partners", no strings attached. In other words, leave "old and busted" for the other guys and take the "new hotness" for themselves. There is one thing that no one has mentioned that I am curious about. How hard would it be to port the Danger API to .NET Compact Framework? It's all in Java, so it should be a fairly painless port to C#. Makes you wonder... I don’t buy it. $500 million for some web proxying stuff? Not worth it. A small investment in Squid and some custom code would give you the same thing. They bought Danger for the OS and for the messaging. I think they are going to pull a Zune in the mobile phone space – new OS, different than their “partners”, no strings attached. In other words, leave “old and busted” for the other guys and take the “new hotness” for themselves.

There is one thing that no one has mentioned that I am curious about. How hard would it be to port the Danger API to .NET Compact Framework? It’s all in Java, so it should be a fairly painless port to C#. Makes you wonder…

]]> By: Pat Hawks http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/what-will-we-see-from-microsofts-danger-acquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-595103 Pat Hawks Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:47:19 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/what-will-we-see-from-microsofts-danger-acquisition/#comment-595103 SWEET! I wanna see Microsoft Bob on my Sidekick! SWEET! I wanna see Microsoft Bob on my Sidekick!

]]> By: The Red Monkey http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/what-will-we-see-from-microsofts-danger-acquisition/comment-page-1/#comment-595091 The Red Monkey Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:38:17 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/02/21/what-will-we-see-from-microsofts-danger-acquisition/#comment-595091 I remember Packard Bell Navigator. A time before I knew what an OS really was. My favorite part of the Crapard Bell was the little colored accent pieces you could buy and replace on the desktop case. 2X CD-ROM! FTW! I remember Packard Bell Navigator. A time before I knew what an OS really was. My favorite part of the Crapard Bell was the little colored accent pieces you could buy and replace on the desktop case. 2X CD-ROM! FTW!

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