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To: dybdahl who wrote (54778)1/2/2001 11:01:45 AM
From: Dennis Doubleday  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74651
 
> Java has several key problems which has already doomed it > in many developer circles on Linux. C++ is a dying > language, we can easily
> agree upon that. But C# has big potential - remember > who designed it. Anders Hejlsberg was the guy behind > Borland Delphi (and C++
> Builder) and Microsoft J++, and the C# language has > the same market potential as the rest of Microsofts > software.

So Java is doomed in the Linux market but C# is somehow going to get better acceptance in Linux developer circles? That makes no sense at all, since C# is all about MS-platform tie-in.



To: dybdahl who wrote (54778)1/2/2001 4:30:14 PM
From: Andy Thomas  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 74651
 
well perhaps c# will save their bacon after all, but closed source is dead.

andy