Java Creator James Gosling on C# And More

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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SUN needs to loosen control of Java. Fast.

[Astral Traveller]

C# has already geared itself up for a dominant position in tomorrow's enterprise development environment due to its ECMA standardisation and Microsoft's atypical encouragement of competing implementations (hence Mono, Portable.NET and other such projects). Microsoft's not stupid -- they know from history that open, standard systems almost always outcompete even the most entrenched closed systems eventually.

Sun has scared off a large potential userbase for their Java platform with their obsessively protective and litigious treatment of their intellectual property. Only Apple is more ferocious in their protection of trademarks and copyrights, and we've all seen the marginalising effect Apple's insular attitude has had. Unless Sun has a rapid change of heart, .NET, C# and the CLR is going to vapourise Sun's marketshare in server applications and enterprise programming userbase due to sheer openness. And you can rest assured that, once Microsoft's asserted their dominance in the field, .NET won't remain an open standard for long.