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  1. April Fools: Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com (110 messages)

    Microsoft and TheServerSide.com announced the two companies have entered into a definitive agreement for Microsoft to acquire TSS at a price of approximately $1 billion in cash, the largest such acquisition since rival IBM purchased Rational last year. As of today, a new staff or editors, developers, and admins have taken over at TSS.

    The move is expected to cause J2EE developers to switch to .NET en masse, and is part of Microsoft's overall strategy to dominate the enterprise development space. "The key to controlling peoples opinions is to control the media, much like the relationship between CNN and the U.S. government", says Greg Purty, Microsoft Marketing Commando. "We only get so much mileage out of paid forum participants like Rolf Tollerud. Slashdot - you're next!"

    The site will slowly be ported to .NET, and from Linux to Windows Server 2003. "We're going to use the new 'generate web portal' button in Visual studio that takes in a .NET revenue projection sheet and outputs a complete .NET developer portal, down to the articles and all", said TSS' new development team.

    Excitement is the word that sums up the feelings of TheServerSide development team. "I'm going to take a vacation, like the Orion guys", said Floyd Marinescu, Director of the site. "Afterwards, I think I'll buy the country of Canada". With similar sentiments, TSS Chief Architect Dion Almaer has finally settled in London. After looking around for "the right place" in Islington, this buyout has enabled him to buy Buckingham Palace (poor Queenie). TSS Linux Guru, Neven C, has purchased an island, and named it "LinuxLand". To enter the land you need to prove that your laptop is only running Linux.

    About TheServerSide.com
    TheServerSide .NET community is the independent Micro$oft development community, with over 250,000 converted J2EE professionals. For more information, visit Microsoft.com.


    ****EDITORS NOTE******
    Monday April 7th
    For those of you who are still unsure. This thread was indeed an April Fool. Microsoft, has NOT bought TheServerSide.

    Floyd
    **********************
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  2. Chuckle...[ Go to top ]

    looks at the date, smiles.
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  3. MS/THESERVERSIDE[ Go to top ]

    Think of date and ........ you know what to do .... sidharth
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  4. MS/THESERVERSIDE[ Go to top ]

    It's real.

     I'm trying reply a message and saw one error page. I'm really sure that's it a new TheSeverSide version (Powered by .NET)
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  5. oh noooooooooooooo.....[ Go to top ]

    Nice joke....
    if this is true then the biggest mistake by Floyd Marinescu.
    Sorry...for that
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  6. April 1[ Go to top ]

    HAHAHA
    good joke :)
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  7. Good Joke[ Go to top ]

    Good Joke
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  8. Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    nice one guys :P
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  9. Where are the other good JAVA discussion forums?[ Go to top ]

    Hi all

    I used to visit TSS almost everyday but now I am planing to go other similar websites. Could anyone please give me some recommendations on this?

    There are many great people posting lots of brillant idea and comments in TSS and hope I still hear their voice in other discussion forums.


    Thank you !!

    Regards

    Edmond
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  10. Where are the other good JAVA discussion forums?[ Go to top ]

    don't feed the fish ;)
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  11. Victor[ Go to top ]

    I think I should find another website similar to this.
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  12. Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    good one. Who knows, this might become a reality in the future !!
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  13. the real joke[ Go to top ]

    Funny because TheServerSide.com has been running on .NET for 6 months now.
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  14. on linux?[ Go to top ]

    .Net on linux running Oracle?
    See http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/?host=www.theserverside.com
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  15. What is real, what is not[ Go to top ]

    Wouldn't it be hilarious if it later turned out to be for real, and it was announced on April 1 just to make everyone go "yeah, right". Now, *that* would be funny. :-)
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  16. Again with the conspiracy theories[ Go to top ]

    Rickard Oberg, CCT (Certified Conspiracy Theorist) writes:
    >
    > Wouldn't it be hilarious if it
    > later turned out to be for real,
    > and it was announced on April 1
    > just to make everyone go "yeah, right".
    >

    Wouldn't it be hilarious if Rickard one day posted something that wasn't whiny or involved a conspiracy theory?
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  17. Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    Thanks Floyd, this is brilliant :-)

    Rod
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  18. Dammit[ Go to top ]

    Uhh, I was about to throw my EJB Design Patterns book to the flames and run to the library to get my cart full of .NET book !

    Laurent
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  19. Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    This is NOT funny!!
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  20. self-fulfilling prophecy[ Go to top ]

    I just hope you didn't inpspire Microsoft with that...
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  21. Getting DSL is hard at the palace[ Go to top ]

    It took me a LONG time to get DSL installed at my new house :)

    Finally, I am back online :) I wonder if I get to have tea with Vice-President Blair once a week like the Queen did :)
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  22. Getting DSL is hard at the palace[ Go to top ]

    It took me a LONG time to get DSL installed at my new house :)

    >
    > Finally, I am back online :) I wonder if I get to have tea with Vice-President Blair once a week like the Queen did :)

    How far is Buckingham Palace from the c/o? Is that like 640 Kbps down? What is your latency like?

    ;)

    CP
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  23. bad news[ Go to top ]

    A war, a good place becames a dark place. Could it be worst?. Yes I know, it could.

    I have to change my homepage, I don´t like dictators. :-(((
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  24. Great news[ Go to top ]

    This are really great news. With .NET and the new IBM Universal Business Adapter we are able to solve all our software problems...

    - Mirko -
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  25. What is the joke in this message ?[ Go to top ]

    Is the amount the only joke in this message ?
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  26. Floyd a genius![ Go to top ]

    Good Work..Floyd..!! Cheers...we hope you are not forseeing this !
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  27. Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    This is a very good idea to make fool on April 1...


    April Fool all u readers of serverside.com
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  28. Great Work done by Floyd[ Go to top ]

    I think this is the 1st thing which he has done right on time. And he'll be proud , even his parents & offsprings will be proud of this decission.

    But as a Java programmer , he has sold our feelings so cheeply :)

    It should be in trillions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  29. Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    OMG... I almost had a heart attack... that's the killing joke!
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  30. What?!? Oh! duh April 1st. hehehehe... good one[ Go to top ]

    I like the revenue projection input param.... everyone needs one of those.
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  31. Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    The Rolf bit is the funniest...Rolf's gonna be angry!
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  32. April Fool[ Go to top ]

    I believe itz just to Fool for the day... Good Idea....
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  33. so this is how it has to end[ Go to top ]

    Floyd!

    It is good to hear that you are not superstitious, (According to some you should not joke to close to reallity..)

    Thanks for honorable mention!

    Regards
    Rolf Tollerud
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  34. Oh...the horror[ Go to top ]

    It's agood thing the calendar was righ in fornt of me. Nice joke (nervous laughter).
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  35. Bad joke[ Go to top ]

    Really make me shock!
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  36. What a sad date!!![ Go to top ]

    Even worse, the whole world has turned up side down since last night.
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  37. Temporary setback[ Go to top ]

    I'm sure The Middleware Company will swoop in and re-acquire us very shortly. ;-)

    Floyd, do you have any extra Canadian provinces you don't need?
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  38. Seriously[ Go to top ]

    Many funny! Seriously Floyd, if M$ wanted to buy TSS what would your selling price be?
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  39. Seriously[ Go to top ]

    Many funny! Seriously Floyd, if M$ wanted to buy TSS what would your selling price be?


       Well, firstly I don't own TSS, although I am its Director/General Manager. So I couldn't make decisions like that but I'd imagine the site should be worth a fair amount. Perhaps in the millions.

    Floyd
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  40. jokes can kill ![ Go to top ]

    Floyd,

    You shouldn't make crazy killing jokes like this anymore. Someone
    might get a heartattack, indeed.

    Please delete it after 1st april.

    BTW I have read that someone really died from a heartattack when some of early Micro$oft programms displayed "Tree of evil gives bitter fruits, now trashing programm disk". The programm had dicided that it's not licensed.

    I dont know if it's "urban legend" or not.

    But nowdays... if you upgrade your's PC hard drive than Windows 2k becomes unbootable and you can say byebye to your data on HTFS partition, if you are not
    a geek that can read it from hdd. And noone has died from this, as far as I know.

    Maris
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  41. APRIL FIRST JOKE[ Go to top ]

    It is posted on April 1. Definitely IT IS APRIL FIRST JOKE. Dot net feel sad.
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  42. creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepy joke ;))[ Go to top ]

    whoa!!! scared the winds out of me!!!
    goes with the April 1 mood though... :)
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  43. Rename the website[ Go to top ]

    Now that that you're moving to .net :), perhaps you could rename the site as

    www.theserversdie.com

    Aaron.
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  44. Very Good[ Go to top ]

    Aaron, that was a little too funny for my quiet office environment. Very nice.

    --Kevin
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  45. Rename the website[ Go to top ]

    Now that that you're moving to .net :), perhaps you could rename the site as

    >
    > www.theserversdie.com
    >
    > Aaron.

    Or maybe www.theserverslide.com
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  46. Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    Do not underestimate the power of the Dark Side.
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  47. Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    Thanks Floyd.. Several heart attacks were had here.
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  48. subtle[ Go to top ]

    as a $3 bill.
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  49. Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    How about a little profit sharing with us posters that have made TSS so entertaining? I'll even sign a document praising MS ;-)
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  50. Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    If TSS really got bought for such a stupid amount of money (or anything close to it), I'd surely give some of it back to every one in the top 100 posters on the site. So... start participating more in anticipation of this event. :)

    Floyd
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  51. Good One ....[ Go to top ]

    Hi folks,

    nice gag ....

    did ya hear sun n micro tieing up for Web services ...
    read over the sun site ;)

    jani
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  52. Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    hehehehe :-)

    good joke, you got me, when I opened TSS today - I thought it's real although unbelievable for a few minutes.

    Yeah, And I thought I'll burn all my J2EE books ASAP, too. :-)
    real black humor.

    Maris
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  53. Black humor[ Go to top ]

    I had the same feeling as most of the read : fear and how to run away. I must admit the joke was good and at first glance it worked !

    Keep up TSS running for a long time please ! Your work is great !
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  54. 1st April[ Go to top ]

    Keep up TSS running for a long time please ! Your work is great !


    yeah, many ppl are browsing TSS every day. It's not kind to them to make jokes like that.
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  55. Generate Web Portal Button[ Go to top ]

    I've spent three hours this morning with Visual Studio looking for this button only to realize that I dont have the latest service pack. Doh!
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  56. GEE !!! - Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    C'mon Floyd you ALLMOST KILLED ME !!! I will sue you for this !!! I couldn't believe my eyes, than I had a second thought about the date. Stop doing this man

    ... and I thought I was the tough one, preparing to bullshit my wife that I was cheating her.
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  57. GEE !!! - Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    <Dorel Vaida>... and I thought I was the tough one, preparing to bullshit my wife that I was cheating her.</Dorel Vaida>

    Stick to the old salt in the coffee gag.
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  58. Even worse[ Go to top ]

    Dude, in Spain we don't have April fool but December 28th, so you should realize what I believed after read it.... right now I'm five years older and my hair looks white.
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  59. Even worse[ Go to top ]

    Dude, in Spain we don't have April fool but December 28th,


    just before new year ? you can make crazy jokes about new year's presents.
    "dear friend, I just bought a new Ferrari for you, I'll give it to you tomorow".

    We have a "programmer's day" at university. We dont joke about M$ then, but talk about quantum computers and thing like that.

    Maris
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  60. same here[ Go to top ]

    Same here, caught unawares. It even made sense since I know that MS is hiring J2EE people for its .NET Evangelist teams..
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  61. Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    Floyd,
    You really fooled me with this one, though $1 billion is very good price that make me consider it seriously.
    Oh boy! it's like the ultimate nightmare come true or even apt description would be like apocalypse...
    Don't even dream about it.
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  62. RE: Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com... "A good price"?[ Go to top ]

    Hehe... if you think that $1Billion is a good price to purchase
    TSS perhaps I could interest you in some swampland in Florida ;-)
    That was the very first thing that tipped me off to it not being a
    true story. I don't have the appropriate knowledge to know for sure but I would
    guess that TSS couldn't even sell for $30million, and certainly no
    way more than $100million, though I can't think of what they've got that's
    worth anywhere near that much.

    There's still time Floyd, bump down that price, I'm sure there's still many folks
    that haven't read the story yet :-)
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  63. RE: Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com... "A good price"?[ Go to top ]

    Well, we didn't REALLY want to give people heart attacks. :)
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  64. to persons of perspicacity all things are possible[ Go to top ]

    I do not understand, why cannot Floyd open another site dedicated to .NET? (TheServerSide.net - do you own that too?), that would be nice! An inssurance against the future. You never know whats going to happen, look at what happened to Javalobby!

    (About Javalobby)
    "I've noticed less active participation in the forum for some long time now.."

    “Gone are the days when average response per thread was about 35. This has droped to about 8 now. I want answers. If you have one please don't hesitate to throw it out here.”

    “Those are my thoughts. I would love to improve Javalobby and find some way to bring back the general excitement that Java had behind it. Frankly, I've noticed a general decline in Java forums around the web. Does no-one have something really new and unique that they are doing with Java that can give us a spark?”

    El Zorro siempre tiene dos caminos

    Regards
    Rolf Tollerud
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  65. he never misses anything[ Go to top ]

    Actually, the domain name "theserverside.net" is already registered for Floyd Marinescu!
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  66. to persons of perspicacity all things are possible[ Go to top ]

    Rolf,

    You know you did a whois lookup on theserverside.net and Floyd does own it. Do you KNOW ANYTHING ELSE about the possibilities of a dedicated .Net site??? I am in favor of going to one place theserverside.xxx to get my daily dosage of .net and java news...

    Lance
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  67. to persons of perspicacity all things are possible[ Go to top ]

    Well you probably right. Never change a winning concept! Perhaps I should not say this, but thanks to TSS I save the money for cable TV, if you graps my meaning.

    Regards
    Rolf Tollerud
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  68. Nothing wrong with that[ Go to top ]

    Rolf, we definitely grasp that meaning... but don't try and deny that you are missing any episodes of "American Idol".
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  69. Always curious[ Go to top ]

    Colon,

    Sorry we don’t have that channel in the northern europe where I live. But why do we not ask Floyd why he registered the name?

    I am constantly amazed by the number of small details which present themselves, to be observed or ignored, as one chooses.

    Regards
    Rolf Tollerud
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  70. Always curious[ Go to top ]

    Rolf,

    with theserverside.net registered there is a smaller chance to end up with some unwanted competition. Plus at some point it may be that theserverside.net = $$$$. I'd say: "Good thinking Floyd"

    doc
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  71. Always curious[ Go to top ]

    Thats the basic idea Octavian. I registered theclientside.com and theserverside.net at first to prevent spoof sites of TSS, but you never know what other uses they may have one day.

    Floyd
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  72. to persons of perspicacity all things are possible[ Go to top ]

    Rolf - Have you participated in any studies/interviews (subject is attributes of successful .net projects) recently?
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  73. to persons of perspicacity all things are possible[ Go to top ]

    In a word - no.

    Regards
    Rolf Tollerud
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  74. RE: Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com... "A good price"?[ Go to top ]

    "I don't have the appropriate knowledge to know for sure but I would
    guess that TSS couldn't even sell for $30million, and certainly no
    way more than $100million, though I can't think of what they've got that's
    worth anywhere near that much."


    That's a good question, really -- how can you estimate the worth of a community site? If MS really had bought TSS, folks would just set their bookmarks to the next TSS and continue business-as-usual... We'd still have Rolf, TQ, Cameron and other regular posters, just in a different website. How much would MS be willing to pay for causing that "much" trouble?
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  75. BTW: Have you seen JavaRanch's April's Fool?[ Go to top ]

    http://saloon.javaranch.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi
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  76. RE: Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com... "A good price"?[ Go to top ]

    Please note the pun behind me saying $1 billion is a very good price. It was intended to be a joke.
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  77. RE: Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com... "A good price"?[ Go to top ]

    Please note the pun behind me saying $1 billion is a very good price. It was intended to be a joke.


    Pun duely noted :-) Now, about that swampland....
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  78. Tiny Compaq bought Digital Equipment Corporation[ Go to top ]

    If you guys went to Microsoft, they would start to put out respectable software.
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  79. Brilliant[ Go to top ]

    Had me going for at least 20 seconds - I even let out a 'Noooooooooooo!' in surprise...!! Nice one!

    Keep up the good work!

    Kevin
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  80. April Fools on you guys. Dot Not Aint ![ Go to top ]

    I can't believe you all are falling for this mess. I guess we know who the "real" participants on TSS will be.

    :) LOL LOL
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  81. Is this a APRIL FOOL joke ?[ Go to top ]

    It is very Hard to digest this news. Yuck!!!.

    If M$ has really done this (pay $1 billion) I am sure they have gone crazy.

    This won't effect any Java developers.

    If not this site someone else will come something similar.

    Another thing, .NET has still to prove itself.

    H
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  82. Bye Bye Love, Bye Bye Happiness, Hello Loneliness ...[ Go to top ]

    Any other Java centric news and discussion site, Boys?

    Bye TSS
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  83. Where to go next[ Go to top ]

    www.ibm.com/developer
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  84. Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    I think we all should play a joke on TSS now and actually switch our interest/skills to .Net. We can hang out on TSS and argue with Rolf for being too positive about j2ee

    j f
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  85. www.theclientside.com[ Go to top ]

    I think with this aquisition, the site will be called the clientside.

    How far from the truth is this???

    Happy fools day
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  86. www.theclientside.com[ Go to top ]

    I own that domain name. Perhaps one day it will become useful. :)
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  87. Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    good joke
    but for some seconds I had realy a bad shiver reading it
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  88. Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    Good Joke !!!

    Floyd, your dream comes true. MS seriouly thinking about acquisition after noticing the response to your post. Check MS website.

    - Binu
      Accenture
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  89. Can we buy Pets from the PetStore?[ Go to top ]

    I heard you will be selling real pets on TSS as a result of this acquisition. Middleware will use the code that they wrote for Microsoft since the code has to be used somewhere.
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  90. Thx the God, and thx MS[ Go to top ]

    but .......... KILL Floyd :-D
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  91. Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    Damn! I was shocked and really frustrated (looping with Petstore) with $Soft finding ways to kill the Java community :x

    Anyway realized the date @ the end of story, Good work !

    Now i can grab my coffee
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  92. Ha Ha[ Go to top ]

    What a joke !

    "Microsoft running TSS on .NET".

    You think .NET can handle something like TSS :-)
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  93. Ahead of our time?[ Go to top ]

    It being well into the second of April when I read saw this my April Fool shields were down and a long wow ! escaped my lips before the shields snapped shut and I started breathing again. A couple of years ago it would have been a believable price too, now not more that $50M at the tops.

    Reminds me that we in Australia are ahead of US & Europe in more ways than just time but New Zealand (and the Cook Islands) can claim to have the drop on us in that area.

    regards from downunder
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  94. OK OK[ Go to top ]

    You do realise you are responsible for a number of heart attacks today.
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  95. OOo[ Go to top ]

    You are right !Count me also

    Kalyan
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  96. Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    It's 4/2 now.
    The day of horror is passed.

    Furtunallu microsoft was written as micro$oft: good hint
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  97. Good article on All Fools Day !![ Go to top ]

    A very good article on All Fools day - April 1st. Lets see the authenticity of information as days go by :-)
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  98. Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    my heart is near 130 beats /seconds
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  99. Not good :)[ Go to top ]

    This is a sad news. But lets see if this might be a good turn from MS towards Open Source..We have to wait till MS reveals all its .net SDK as (100%) open source not as hidden partial win32 API's :)
    We the software engineers will definitely get positive result as both SUN and MS will improve their quality in the rivalry, leaving us much better platform...Lets hope the day will come when both will be 100% inter-operable with no additional efforts..
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  100. Microsoft completes acquisition of SUN Microsystems[ Go to top ]

    Microsoft completes acquisition of SUN Microsystems http://www.cnn.com:443@212.190.116.226/news.php?aAgHpwWd
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  101. Microsoft completes acquisition of SUN Microsystems[ Go to top ]

    There is no clue in the news item that indicates this is a joke!!!!!!!!!
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  102. not funny at all!!!![ Go to top ]

    It is not funny at all!!!!make me sick and have not desire to get lunch
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  103. April Fools: Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    Hi,

    If the message about takeover of TheServerSide.com company by Microsoft is true, then we guys over here at Chennai, India are really shocked about the happenings. As of date, your site had been the prime site of reference for Java/J2EE Professionals. You guys got into fame with Matering EJB2 PDF written by Ed Roman. Thanks a lot for the wonderful support and guidance given by you guys.

    If the thread is associated with April Fool's Day, its really pitiable to see such a silly act from a reputed company like you. How could this happen in your forum. If this had been a news floating around on some other site, then its ok. I would request the Forum Administrator to be more Professional.

    Regards,
    Ilamparithi Balakrishnan.
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  104. That was really funny!!![ Go to top ]

    For a while I thought why would microsoft acquire serverside.com which has j2ee information? what would they benefit from this? then I thought this might be one
    of their strategy to kill java....... Finally happy to know that this is a joke.
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  105. April Fools: Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    OMG!!!!
    i'll be dead!
    i can not believe this is a joke on this site !
    :(
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  106. April Fools: Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    Here is additional news that Floyd forgot to post :

    1. 4000 Micro$oft Engineers are flying to California, to take a crash course in Java. The training is being conducted at Sun Headquarters.
    2. Billy the Gilly, is junking the current Windows OS, and it will re-written in Java.
    3. Clinton was last seen with a Java enabled cigar, that has a inbuild J2EE Server. It orders Tobacco automatically.
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  107. April Fools: Microsoft Acquires TheServerSide.com[ Go to top ]

    April 1 'st
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  108. Not a right move from Microsoft either[ Go to top ]

    I dont like to throw much words to Floid because no word can touch that treacherous and foolish guy who believe a j2ee comunity is worth of only 1 billion $.I am a J2ee developer as well as a dotnet developer.I believe that this decission from MS has once again exposed the fact that since it has yet not been able to come up with robust enterprise component architecture built into dotnet rather than exposing COM+ with much overhead, much of which they are surreptitiously phasing out,MS is trying to avail the experience of ejb developers to build up their component technology from the scratch.
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  109. You guys scared me![ Go to top ]

    You guys scared me! Thank GOD!
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  110. U got me[ Go to top ]

    U really got me there Floyd ... started saying bad words and stopped eating my breakfast and started thinking of other sites and communities to replace urs, ... sadly found none :-(
     ... u should have added :
     - Micro$oft re-assigns Rold as Senior Universal Global Extra-Terrrestrial Marketing Director.
     - Micro$oft-backed troops arrest Scott McNealy and Floyd (thus returning the money to their headquarters).

     Peace be with u
     Abdelhamid
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  111. My Mistake[ Go to top ]

    sorry i meant Rolf
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