On Aug 17, 12:17 pm, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]> wrote: > No, if google had gone with C#/Mono, they'd have only a quarter of > their current userbase, and what makes you think Microsoft would NOT > have sued Google with a bunch of overly broad patents? Microsoft has > more at stake than Oracle, and would have a more destructive end- > result in mind (killing off android to make room for windows mobile > 7).
Power corrupts and Microsoft have indeed been abusive in the past, but if Google sticked to the Ecma spec I don't see how they could do anything against a clean-room implementation like Mono. Hopefully they will eventually replace their monkey CEO, but for the time being Ellison is the scary one and Ballmer is the one to pity. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
