> I'd also like to see all that provided royalty free and unencumbered by > patents, submarine or otherwise. I haven't really flirted with the whole > C#/.NET thing but this seems to remain a question mark over Mono and even > the ECMA standardization.
C# is just another language, without .NET and the common-language-whateveritscalled its nothing special, M$'s plan looks like being to try to fool us into using C# because its more free than java, and watch us all roll up to but Visual Studio C# .NET whatever. They'll also expect to see people buying operating systems to deploy the applications on. IMO any attempt to build competitive platforms for compiled C# is doomed to fail because M$ is well known for moving the goal posts fast and far, always changing the rules of the game to stay one step ahead. That they can use such a strategy at all is enough proof for me that they hold an unhealthy monopoly over certain sectors of corporate IT, whatever any judge might say. d. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
