Even more odd is that he crowns the CLI as king over Java because it "does not have any technological advantage over [CLI]." The he turns around and lists Mono

Even more odd is that he crowns the CLI as king over Java because it "does not have any technological advantage over [CLI]." The he turns around and lists Mono as a C# advantage over the JVM. I have zero love for the Java programming language but the JVM is the platform at this point. Everything from Java, to Clojure, to Ruby run on the JVM. You also get the wealth of the Java libraries (though, admittedly, are enterprise-y). There is also the culture around these two platforms that makes me scared of the CLI as a 'best of breed' platform.