PDB file extensions used by DotNet projects conflict with Palm PDB files!

[Mark]

This seems to be another ploy by Microsoft to push the competition
out. Why in the world would MS pick a file extension of .PDB for
their DotNet project files, when Palm has been using this file
extension for years! As a consequence to "us" consumers, who also use
Palm OS devices, we now have to redefine our file extension of PDB to
be Palm Database files, once we've installed VSDotNet, in order to be
able to click and install Palm .PDB files. Shame on you MS!

 

[Rob Windsor [MVP]]

Hey Mark,

Microsoft was using PDB (program debug database) as the file extension for
debug symbols long before there were Palm devices. That file extension is
not something that is new in .NET.

 

[Mark]

Thanks for correcting me then, Rob. I thought otherwise, because I've
never run into this conflict before installing .Net. I've installed
previous versions of Visual Studio and hadn't run into this conflict
with Palm .pdb files before. Thanks again.