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- From: Andrew n marshall <amarshal@zig.usc.edu>
- To: Eric van der Vlist <vdv@dyomedea.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 07:11:45 -0700 (PDT)
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Eric van der Vlist wrote:
> Now that Microsoft has announced C#, the Java killer app already
> submitted to the ECMA, Sun will probably have to open source Java.
Why do people keep comparing C# to Java? It only replaces Java in one
very limited context, and that is as a COM binder. Since Sun killed MS's
use of Java via their lawsuit, MS needed a new language to replace it.
C# does not even begin to compete with Java it's biggest areas:
C# is not cross platform. It is compiles to .exe, not byte code. That
kills any applet hopes C# may have.
C# is not a server plugin technology. Modern servers require threading
that C# does not provide.
The announcement of C# does nothing to affect Sun.
Anm
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