Why didn't MS buy Sun? It seems like far more a natural fit, and would have shored them up against Oracle very nicely. MS even had a full Java compiler for .NET

Why didn't MS buy Sun? It seems like far more a natural fit, and would have shored them up against Oracle very nicely. MS even had a full Java compiler for .NET (and they still have a JavaScript one IIRC). They were able to toss dozens of billions at Nokia. 25 for LinkedIn. Billions for Skype after bungling MSN Messenger into the ground (which would have also served as a perfect start for a real social network, including work!). But they couldn't find 6bn for Sun? Was it just antitrust? Or were they that clueless? .NET is pretty solid. F# is probably the "best" language once you figure in tooling, features, performance, libraries. If they made F# a first-class VS citizen, then it'd really be hyper competitive, but I guess they're hesitant to undermine C#. I've run F# on Linux for many years now and it's been pretty good. With Rust covering the true high-perf/no-runtime scenarios, I feel like I've got things well covered.