Microsoft actually released the 1.0 CLI sourcecode with support for BSD and OSX, and the license is not that bad, except for a small paragraph which prohibits any commercial use (breathe easy, the catch has been revealed). http://msdn.microsoft.com/MSDN-FILES/027/002/097/S hSourceCLILicense.htm
The people at MSDN aren't that bad, the marketers seem to dislike the smell of source code =).
I've used both C# and Java extensively and there are numerous areas where C# shines above Java like types, generics and operators (overloading) for instance. There is a much higher level of consistency in.NET than in JRE in terms of interfaces and namespace/class hierarchy. Then again the.NET team had a change to design the framework from the ground up with all the features included, rather than Java starting out as a small platform and getting worked into what it is today. Java effectively has a monopoly as a realistic cross-platform solution, so it would be nice to create a viable alternative then you can actually weigh the pros and cons of both platforms on a level playing field, maybe even learn a thing or two from it.
This is true in Canada (small claims court $25,000), but it's only a fraction of the legal costs (about 75% I think).
But even if you are innocent and win, you're stuck with X thousand dollars in legal bills.
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define "intelligently"... it could be argued that "[picking] out the relevant terms" is intelligence... of sorts.
Humanity has been under siege since its inception.
Wow looks at his user id... maybe he was trying to be funny? (jees I hope so)
... and the rest of the world will drive America's music tastes. IMHO, good!It will be interesting to see which distro(s) will be offered and how heavily dell will customize them (drivers etc...).
When MS says "cross-platform" they mean mobile devices (running a Windows-esque OS of course). Look at the system requirements for the compact .NET 2.0 runtime and it should be obvious enough: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?fa milyid=9655156b-356b-4a2c-857c-e62f50ae9a55&displa ylang=en
Microsoft actually released the 1.0 CLI sourcecode with support for BSD and OSX, and the license is not that bad, except for a small paragraph which prohibits any commercial use (breathe easy, the catch has been revealed). http://msdn.microsoft.com/MSDN-FILES/027/002/097/S hSourceCLILicense.htm
The people at MSDN aren't that bad, the marketers seem to dislike the smell of source code =). I've used both C# and Java extensively and there are numerous areas where C# shines above Java like types, generics and operators (overloading) for instance. There is a much higher level of consistency inThis is true in Canada (small claims court $25,000), but it's only a fraction of the legal costs (about 75% I think). But even if you are innocent and win, you're stuck with X thousand dollars in legal bills.