Christopher Smith wrote:
Either way, going after a language based on the forces that supported
its development is quite similar to an ad hominem.
Absolutely.
However, in this instance, the ad hominem has merit. Microsoft is a
convicted monopolist and has engaged in huge amounts of dirty tricks to
force their will upon a sometimes unwilling market.
I don't use C# or the CLR because it gives support to a company which is
out to extract maximal money from us without regard to our wishes.
The only reason C# and the CLR aren't completely closed is that it
serves Microsoft's current purposes to not have them completely closed.
C# and the CLR aren't advanced enough over Java and the JVM to risk
allowing Microsoft to get that close. This is especially true now that
Java and the JVM are genuinely open source.
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