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Java Creator James Gosling on C# And More

Posted by timothy on from the sharp-tongue dept.

DreamTheater writes: "Java inventor James Gosling says he isn't losing much sleep over Microsoft these days, despite the software giant's effort to stem Java's popularity with its own Java-like language." Gosling talks about other things in this interview, too, like his current project of developing a good IDE.

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  1. Should be (-1 Astrotufer) by Martin+S. · · Score: 4, Interesting

    C# has already geared itself up for a dominant position in tomorrow's enterprise development environment

    This reads like Marketing hype worthy of the FUD-Master General himself.

    ... its ECMA standardisation

    ECMA standardisation is a red herring when it comes to openness. ECMA is a closed organisation. As an individual expert Software Enginner I cannot join and influence language development at ECMA. However I can (and have) joined the JDC and bring my ideas to bear on the development of Java at (http://developer.java.sun.com/). This is open to anybody, including Microsoft.

    Furthermore you only have to consider the death of the ECMA standardisation of JavaScript which has been an abysmal failure to seem that, ECMA is not a guarantee of a successful standardisation.

    and Microsoft's atypical encouragement of competing implementations

    You've obviously not been keeping up on current affairs. Microsoft have been found guilty of anti-competative behaviour in the US and are about to get another nailed in the EU too.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid _1 635000/1635317.stm
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid _1 697000/1697766.stm

    .NET, C# and the CLR is going to vapourise Sun's marketshare in server applications and enterprise programming userbase due to sheer openness.

    Hardly likely; Microsoft have minimal existing presence (or mindshare) in the heavy weight enterprise sector. As long as they stick to the attitude of stick security, robustness and quality, they never will.

    once Microsoft's asserted their dominance in the field, .NET won't remain an open standard for long.

    The only truth, in your entire post, Embrace and Extend.

    Perhaps we need another Moderation option (-1 Astrotufer).