An important part of any modern language is its class libraries.
C# beats C++ only in the size of it's standard library. (Managed C++ doesn't count). If only the ANSI/ISO dudes would include a standard GUI library (even a very simple one) and stop spending so much time on generics and algorithms...
...even if Mozilla is used 100% on the web, Microsoft wouldn't really be affected. They never made much from IE (it's free).
This isn't 1997, when Microsoft thought they had much to lose if they didnt' kick Netscape's ass. Now everybody knows the money's in the server side, not the browser.
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An important part of any modern language is its class libraries. C# beats C++ only in the size of it's standard library. (Managed C++ doesn't count). If only the ANSI/ISO dudes would include a standard GUI library (even a very simple one) and stop spending so much time on generics and algorithms...
Point-haried managers jumped on the Linux bandwagon just because it's the in thing to do.
Update SMTP for the new millenium.
FF7 crossover with Hercules? Oh sorry, they already did that in Kingdom Hearts. =P
>> I guess your still using VB, eh sparky? Never used VB. Me a C/C++ kind of guy. Only used Java when the higher-ups force me to.
for unleashing Java upon the world.
...even if Mozilla is used 100% on the web, Microsoft wouldn't really be affected. They never made much from IE (it's free). This isn't 1997, when Microsoft thought they had much to lose if they didnt' kick Netscape's ass. Now everybody knows the money's in the server side, not the browser.