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Reply to Democrats don't understand the effect of income taxes in Democrat JoeUser Forums

Republicans believe they can have their cake (lower taxes) and eat it too (spend like there is no tomorrow). How can we ever have a discussion about lowering taxes without addressing the spending side of the equation? Sorry, but maintaining world domination isn’t cheap. Last year we paid a grotesque 400 billion in interest payments on the national dept (third largest expense in the budget). A cowardly Republican congress allowed the pay-as-y

Reply to DesktopX 3.5 Beta Supports Sidebar gadget making! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Very nice. However if you could find a way to host managed code within this framework, I think you could greatly expand developer interest (it's Vista after all). Weather gadgets, Flickr viewers, and stock tickers are a dime a dozen. As a developer, if you want greater depth in functionality you're currently looking at an awkward combination of VB/Java script and COM. Compare this to say developing a C# desktop application (with its debugger, integrated help, and so on).

Reply to World Government: A Generally Stupid, Pathetic, Bad Idea in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Given geopolitical history, basic human instinct, and the strong regional self interests of countries, I would wager that it’s much more likely that a meteor will wipe out the planet before a world government comes to fruition.

Reply to DesktopX and .NET in DesktopX Development Stardock Forums

Yes please it would be great for DX to support managed code. thanks, jeff

DesktopX and .NET in DesktopX Development Stardock Forums

I understand DesktopX gadgets/widgets can be extended with your plugin API and COM. However considering .NET, are there any plans for a future DX to host managed code directly? For example have DX publish a managed interface to your plugin API and be a host for .NET assemblies. --thanks, jeff