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| Posted on 23-Jun-2000 17:08 GMT by George | 13 comments
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C-Net's news.com has an interesting article about a new language Microsoft is developing called C# (pronounced C-Sharp) that has many things in common with Java and is intended for Internet programming. They also talk about a Virtual Machine that can can run many different programming languages on any hardware that Microsoft is working on.
C-Net's news.com has an interesting article about a new language Microsoft is developing called C# (pronounced C-Sharp) that has many things in common with Java and is intended for Internet programming. They also talk about a Virtual Machine that can can run many different programming languages on any hardware that Microsoft is working on.
Read the article at :
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2128454.html
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| Comment 1 | Kay Are Ulvestad | | 22-Jun-2000 22:00 GMT |
| Comment 2 | Anonymous | | 22-Jun-2000 22:00 GMT |
| Comment 3 | Anonymous | | 22-Jun-2000 22:00 GMT |
| Comment 4 | Remco Komduur | | 23-Jun-2000 22:00 GMT |
| Comment 5 | Torsten | | 23-Jun-2000 22:00 GMT |
| Comment 6 | Bill Toner | | 23-Jun-2000 22:00 GMT |
| Comment 7 | Anonymous | | 24-Jun-2000 22:00 GMT |
| Comment 8 | Holger | | 24-Jun-2000 22:00 GMT |
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| Microsoft takes a swing at Java : Comment 9 of 13 | ANN.lu |
| Posted by Stefan Brodin on 25-Jun-2000 22:00 GMT | In reply to Comment 5 (Torsten):
I think they mean a SW platform that is HW independent. That wouldn't necessarily mean that they abandon their windows domination strategy, not at all, it could very well mean that a new version of windows (programmed in this HW-independent java-like language) would run on any hardware. Seen from their point of view it's a good strategy - it follows the same ideas as Java, Tao/Amiga (and others). And by developing an own Java-like standard (with a HW independent programming envireonment and a Virtual machine) they won't be in the hands of M$ hostile companies like Sun, and they won't have to pay any license fees or royaltees.
This is absoluteley a serious threat to Java and Tao/Amiga, seen from a business strategic point of view (which is the only way to look at it from). Even if a Tao/Amiga solutions sees the day of light, it would have diffeculties to compete with a similar M$ solution, even if it is technologically superior, because "windows" is world standard and a VERY strong trademark. Look at the palmtop market. It has excellent non-M$ OS:es and applications, but still some palmtop developers chooses to use Windows CE as their OS. Why? Because it's technologically better? No, it's because they know that all their customers will feel familiar in the windows envireonment (since windows IS the world standard in OS:es), and that the windows trademark will help them selling their products.
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