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C# was created in response to Java to keep developers in the Microsoft ecosystem. Its effectivly the same thing, even though Microsofts goal wasn't selling vis
by 411111111111111 5y ago
C# was created in response to Java to keep developers in the Microsoft ecosystem.
Its effectivly the same thing, even though Microsofts goal wasn't selling visual studio, because they've got a much more lucrative cash cow: an operating system
- pjmlp 5y agoWrong. .NET was going to use Java, when it was still codenamed as Ext-VOS. It was the lawsuit against J++ that made C# a reality.
- 411111111111111 5y agoYou didn't contradict my statement with that... The motivation behind c# was keeping people in the Microsoft ecosystem. Wherever they attempted to use a rebranded jvm before that is entirely besides the point
- batty_alex 5y agoExactly. They ignored the Microsoft JVM, J++, J#, and the lawsuit around it that forced them to make C# and compete - rather than extinguish