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To: Bill Fischofer who wrote (63123)	11/17/2001 9:18:00 AM
From: dybdahl	Respond to of 74651

I think the issues are more detailed and cannot be compared as much. Since it will be possible to create a new, compatible language for both C# and Java, both companies can abandon the old language, like having a Java++ or C##, where they change what they think they need to change. So it is a combination of marketing, trademarks and technology. If everybody would be able to use the name without referring to the trademark owner, and the libraries and the standard was in the hands of ISO/ANSI, it could quickly replace C++ on platforms like Linux. As long as this is not the case, both technologies are not so open standards. Microsoft has a very bad record in handling programming languages, and therefore I don't believe C# will replace much else than other Microsoft programming tools. Lars.