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> The guess can be a little more specific: Microsoft saw what the verdict said about Java and was concerned for what it meant for C#. Oracle having less control
by xentronium 14y ago
> The guess can be a little more specific: Microsoft saw what the verdict said about Java and was concerned for what it meant for C#. Oracle having less control over Java because languages are not copyrightable means Microsoft has less control over C#.
> C# is important to Microsoft, so it's going to make an effort to maintain full control over it.
C# is ECMA standard.
- camkego 14y agoIt sounds like part of the issue might be the copyrighting of APIs, not the language.
- xentronium 14y agoThis seems more plausible. I'd guess they are strongly against emulating Windows API system calls in projects like reactos or wine.