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Considering that Longhorn will change it, learning C# will only last until
MS can suck the bone marrow out of the developers and then something else
will come along.  A different language syntax, different classes, different
certifications, new and shiny IT bling-bling for the phb's to talk about,
blah blah blah.  MS once took care of it's developers and now are seen as
just another revenue stream once MS got their hooks into everything &
everyone (a common MS tactic).

Compare this to stuff that has evolved, but remained essentially the same
for many years (c, Perl, Unix, etc).

C# - just a Java wanna-be that is rooted in MS marketing nazi tactics to
make money and nothing else.

Mono - a waste of time and a streak of insanity in it's developers heads.  I
mean, why waste time with inferior technologies and MS's web stuff in
particular.


... and no, I am not bitter ...


Greg



> -----Original Message-----
&gt; From: ale-bounces at ale.org [<a  rel="nofollow" href="mailto:ale-bounces";>mailto:ale-bounces</a> at ale.org]On Behalf Of
&gt; Christopher Fowler
&gt; Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 12:19 PM
&gt; To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
&gt; Subject: Re: [ale] Seth Nickell - Design Fu : mono
&gt;
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&gt; On Sat, 2004-05-22 at 12:04, Geoffrey wrote:
&gt; &gt; Christopher Fowler wrote:
&gt; &gt; &gt; My only thing about C# is that it is too much like Java. Java can be
&gt; &gt; &gt; considered IMHO as prior art.
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt; So where is Sun on this?  You'd think they'd jump on that one, since
&gt; &gt; Java is not open source.
&gt; &gt;
&gt;
&gt; I've done Java and tried C# and honestly I can not tell much of a
&gt; difference.  One nice thing about C# is that you can interface with all
&gt; the Windows API's. I'm sure such a facility could easily be created in
&gt; Java as well.  C# does not aim to be portable so I do not understand the
&gt; need for byte-code class files.  Compile the source straight to metal
&gt; and forget about the other stuff.  The only benefit of the byte-code
&gt; would be for the transmission and dealing with objects as data.
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