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>It happend with Java And spectacularly backfired with Java. Java is at an all time high and ranks #1 in the TIOBE index at 20.97 (up 6% from 2014). C#, on the
by bitmapbrother 11y ago
>It happend with Java
And spectacularly backfired with Java. Java is at an all time high and ranks #1 in the TIOBE index at 20.97 (up 6% from 2014). C#, on the other hand, is at 4% - which is probably why they decided to open source it before it dropped even further. Even Python has surpassed C#. Moral of the story is that the days of Microsoft extinguishing anything are over.
- frik 11y ago> spectacularly backfired ?? First TIOBE index cannot be taken seriously. Second a hypothetical forth place isn't that bad, right? MS managed to fragment the community. And they actively try to fragment the JavaScript community with ES6 and TypeScript. And with their Visual Studio Code (based on Electron/Atom editor). > Microsoft extinguishing anything are over Sure with $100+ billion in cash it's over. Microsoft was far less evil company between 2005 and 2011 than before or after that timeframe. Sorry for waking you up from your dream.
- bitmapbrother 11y agoI think TIOBE is a good indication and so are the number of GitHub projects that exist and are being created with these languages. Also, I keep hearing this talk about a new Microsoft. Where's their support for the #1 language in the world in their IDE? As for Microsoft's cash reserves, I heard it was close to 90 Billion with over 90% of that overseas. Google, on the other hand, has about 64 Billion and only 60% overseas.
- skeletonjelly 11y ago> the number of GitHub projects that exist and are being created with these languages Definitely not indicative of all the myriad of business applications that are created and not release on github