OK, you can sort of use other languages, but on page 14 of A Guide to Reviewing the Microsoft.NET Framework they list "all development languages and tools" as "Visual Basic, C++, C#, and JScript."
Curious marketing hype with this product. Sounds to me like an attempt to undermine Java with their own language.
* The ability to use any programming language. Give developers the ability to use any programming language. Allow applications written with different programming languages to integrate deeply with each other. Leverage current development skills to go forward without retraining. Customers have discovered the exorbitant cost of finding developers skilled in some specialized technologies. Prominent industry analysts recommend using existing skills whenever possible, and avoiding the high cost and high failure rate of relying on the technical skills in shortest supply.
A Guide to Reviewing the Microsoft.NET Framework Page 1
They seem to mean "the ability to use any language" as long as it's VisualBasic or C#. I also notice that the introduction of.NET has generated a massive number of books and training courses. Must be because they can "leverage current development skills to go forward without retraining" so well. Just how "exorbitant" is the "cost of finding developers skilled in some specialized technologies" like C#?
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OK, you can sort of use other languages, but on page 14 of A Guide to Reviewing the Microsoft .NET Framework they list "all development languages and tools" as "Visual Basic, C++, C#, and JScript."
I think this link will explain what .NET is better than anything else. It's a competitor for J2EE.
http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/compare/
Curious marketing hype with this product. Sounds to me like an attempt to undermine Java with their own language.
They seem to mean "the ability to use any language" as long as it's VisualBasic or C#. I also notice that the introduction of .NET has generated a massive number of books and training courses. Must be because they can "leverage current development skills to go forward without retraining" so well. Just how "exorbitant" is the "cost of finding developers skilled in some specialized technologies" like C#?