Microsoft developed C#, but instead of making it proprietary, Microsoft released C# into the international community (eg Ecma), so everyone has access to the C# language. This in effect opened up the C# language. Changes and additions to the C# language must be submitted to Ecma for approval.
SUN has followed suit and has made JAVA open. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa569283.aspx http://www.sun.com/2006-1113/feature/ Regards, LelandJ MB Software Solutions wrote: > Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: > >> <snipped> The interest and growth of OS agnostic languages >> and applications, including JAVA, is probably why Micorsoft developed >> C#, and then made C# open, so C# would become a language that is OS >> agnostic. >> >> > > I didn't think that C# was "open" source (or did you mean a different > kind of "open")? > > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
