C# Might Be the Death of Java

PBS | at | by Mike

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It is easy to criticize Microsoft. Heck, I've made a career of it. Yes, they are bullies and their technology tends to be derivative and uninspired, but what bothers most of Microsoft's competitors is none of that. Microsoft's competitors are bothered by Microsoft's success, which is to say by Microsoft's lack of a credible competitor. And that's one thing (maybe the only thing) that isn't Microsoft's fault. I am tired of people complaining about Bill Gates rather than beating him in the marketplace. All this comes on the eve of a rumored settlement between Microsoft and the Department of Justice -- a settlement that will do little or nothing to slow down the Microsoft juggernaut. That juggernaut could have been ended by competitors so many times and so long ago, yet it wasn't. And I say that's entirely because of a lack of competitive will.