SpiralTrance

Is this bascialy a microsoft version of Java? I'm reading about it now on wikipedia and it seems very similar requiring a virtual machine.

GodofGrunts

Pretty much.

It doesn't matter though, it'll never be successful in the long run. It doesn't run on Mac, Linux, Unix, BSD, etc. but java does.

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SpiralTrance

Isn't the net framework for the foundation for xbox360 development though?

DuckieHo

Know any .NET developers? My group is looking to hire in NJ.

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This is pretty funny.

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bomfunk

.NET is what most Windows applications "should" be built on, Microsoft is pushing it as the politically correct standard. All Visual Studio .NET languages are based on the framework.

It's only similarity with Java is the virtual machine -other than that, they're very different. While Java is also a programming language, .NET is just a, well, framework, not bound to any particular language. C#, the language, however, is more or less Microsoft's equivalent of Java, and also happens to be a .NET language.

As for its success... for Windows programming, .NET is very widespread and is becoming the standard. However, .NET is very much a Windows-exclusive thing ATM (there are some open-source implementations but I have no idea whether they're usable and/or making any progress). This is a critical difference between .NET and Java; Java aims to be multi-platform.

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GodofGrunts

Yes. In combination with C# I believe.

How so? I'm talking the LONG run. History repeats itself and says that all empires eventually fall. When Microsoft falls, .NET will fall with it.

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bomfunk

I don't think that's anything to worry about during his lifetime, or that of any of ours for that matter...

Not to mention that if Microsoft did go fown under, it - or most of its technologies likely including .NET - would most likely be bought by other major companies anyways.

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GodofGrunts

I think the only two people who could/would buy out Microsoft would be Apple or IBM and both companies have feuds with them.

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