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Story: Microsoft patents 'HTML applications'

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I find this sort of thing laughable. Perhaps allowing HTML or other scripting languages to write non-browser apps is a nice idea, but to justify it by saying it's to enable non-technical people to write programs? How naive ARE these people? There's a reason why Software Engineering degrees are available, and it's not just so the university can make a few extra bob off the back of a fad. I suppose I shouldn't complain since I can continue to have a very profitable career from coming in and tidying up/fixing/replacing systems written by cowboys. I mean, I know what a hammer and a nail look like, and I probably even know a bit about joining two pieces of wood in the correct manner, but would I build my own set of wardrobes? Would I do it for someone else? Come on... and don't even get me started on the security implications. Hackers must be rubbing their hands with glee.

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