Re: [DotGNU]Re: Support Java for .GNU

[Martin Coxall]

> (like M$ doing
> some extremely Draconian tactic to destroy all
> competition who use it, it could happen).

c# is now an open standard. Even if M$ break their implemenation, ours will 
still work! This is also not a problem. ECMA c#, CLR, BCL are now in the 
control of a standards body with a public domain licensing. Compare and 
contrast that with Sun's licensing scheme.

We have been handed c# on a plate by the ECMA. It would be crazy not to take 
it because some paranoid distrust of Microsoft gets in the way. Sun are the 
real threat here, please don't think they're not. Scott McNealy is a nasty 
piece of work who would do all in his power to stop us if it seemed we were 
running away with Java. I don't want to go there, and with c# as an open 
standard, we don't have to.

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Martin
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