[Pc_Support] .NET based on Java?

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 10:32 -0500, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> If anyone honestly believes that Microsoft created C# and .NET in less
> than a year, then I'm all ears.
> Until then, the Microsoft developers I knew, the ones that said they
> should beat Sun at its own Java game and not fork, are my source.

Sorry to answer myself yet a 3rd time, but a major issue I see
repeatedly is people who think that C#/.NET development wasn't underway
until Sun won/lost their lawsuit -- let alone when it was first filed.

I see the same when it comes to NT.  Heck, the #1 question I see posed
about Linux gaming from many Windows users is, "Why doesn't Linux have
something like DirectX or OpenGL?"

People don't know lineage and they expect the media to teach it to them.
Most of the media is focused on the here and now.  And so few of them
have an understanding -- even the 2 ZD Linux columists show their
ignorance from time to time (although Jason does is far, far less than
Steve).


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