Sam Ruby wrote:
>
> Kevin A. Burton wrote:
> >
> > - - No more competition from .NET/C#. (why would anyone want to support an MS
> > proprietary language?)
>
> s/MS proprietary language/draft ECMA standard language/. ECMA also has a
> fast path to ISO.
>
> With not one, but two [L]GPL implementations underway
> (http://www.go-mono.com,
> http://www.southern-storm.com.au/portable_net.html). Microsoft is even
> teaming up with Corel to ensure that there is a version for FreeBSD.
I am not in any way a Microsoft fan.
That said, I appreciate their strategy - if they really make
C#/.NET/<whatever> a genuine standard and don't do the usual embrace and
extend [and extinguish] or lock up pieces with patents (that's where my
money is...), then it all will come down to tools and services,
something they actually do pretty well.
could be interesting for Sun (and all of us...)
geir
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