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----------------------------------------------------------- From: spark Message 5 in Discussion I disagree on the standard part. Net or more more precisely ECMA CLI standards is a freely available published document that specifies teh requirement for any system to be a system. Net is a commercial implementation of that system. Java on teh other has NO standards committee back it other than Sun's own. The language an dthe architecture belong to Sun and people have to license from Sun to builf their own. In constrast Microsoft has given up 'ownership' of the CLI and the c sharp language and will compete freely against any other vendor in this regard. Nor can they sue anyone for implmenting a CLI or c# without their permission. Sun on the other hand can harm you if you have an implmentation that is no licensed out by Sun. This is quiet what happened to MS a few years back when Java didnt have any mechanism for event handling and Microsoft introducted the two keywords required for that into the language. Let me say again the CLI standard specifies what the runtime should do, what the IL looks like, what the Il boinary looks like, the interfaces and features that are to be provided by the runtime, the C# langauge et al. To add to MS has provided teh complete source code to the implementation of this standard ans more, including an additional language, libraries, debuggers and more. To use to word standard to mean popular is an incorrect usage. In this context the word standard is not a free usage but refers to available third part open standardisation of a system. roshan ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this e-mail, or change how often it arrives, go to your E-mail Settings. http://groups.msn.com/BDotNet/_emailsettings.msnw Need help? If you've forgotten your password, please go to Passport Member Services. http://groups.msn.com/_passportredir.msnw?ppmprop=help For other questions or feedback, go to our Contact Us page. http://groups.msn.com/contact If you do not want to receive future e-mail from this MSN group, or if you received this message by mistake, please click the "Remove" link below. On the pre-addressed e-mail message that opens, simply click "Send". Your e-mail address will be deleted from this group's mailing list. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
