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I wonder if this is enough to make the larger dev community to finally realize that .NET is more open-source than Java ecosystem?
by neonsunset 2y ago
I wonder if this is enough to make the larger dev community to finally realize that .NET is more open-source than Java ecosystem?
- jcotton42 2y ago(Disclaimer: I work for Microsoft, though not on .NET) In defense of Java, the canonical JRE/JDK implementation has been OpenJDK for quite some time now, and there are many non-Oracle spins of it. As for .NET, while it is currently good and I personally enjoy it, I'm a little wary on it too. Unlike with Java, where decision making is distributed in some fashion (as far as I can tell), Microsoft has retained nearly total control of .NET, and key parts of the ecosystem like the debugger are still under non-OSS licensing terms.
- neonsunset 2y agoThis is unfortunate, but I hope more interactions with teams that work on JIT and Roslyn would help to change this opinion.
- kaba0 2y agoSince when? OpenJDK is 100% open-source, with the same license as the Linux kernel. Besides, the standard itself is also open-source and it has multiple, independent implementations.