Should we trust .NET? (was Re: PHP vs. Python/comp.lang.php?)

[Jonathan Gardner]

Ken Seehof wrote:
> >
> > more. True, I think .NET is cool - but I'll only use it if MS keeps it
> > promise and ports it too Linux and such.
>
> Odds of MS keeping any promises of this kind: 0.027%
>
> It has never been in MS's best interest to be compatible with the rest of
> the
> computing world.
>

Look at Visual C++. Portability? Compatability? Ha.

Look what they did to Java, HTTP, HTML, and JavaScript.

Microsoft is in the business of making money, not software.

Jonathan