Microsoft's C# (Sharp) & .NET -- A Heads Up

[Stephen Hansen]

    I do not know any specifics on C#, but I do know (or believe, at least)
that:
    #1) There is no Java code used in C#
    #2) The language is not going to be designed in the exact same way
    #3) The language does not claim to be Java

    Exactly what do you think Sun can do? File for copyright infrigement?
What did the copy -- the purpose of the language? You can't copyright
an entire field or application for something. Neither can you patent it --
you can only patent a specific method or device that is being used to
accompilsh the terms.

    So what if C# behaves ever so much like Java. Java is rather similar
to other languages, too. As far as i'm aware, you can get around software
patents or copyrights by simply rewriting the software yourself. It can fit
into the exact same nitch, but its your code done your way.

--S

Thaddeus L. Olczyk <olczyk at interaccess.com> wrote in message
news:3968fadf.299209218 at nntp.interaccess.com...
> On Sat, 01 Jul 2000 05:10:50 GMT, Courageous <jkraska1 at san.rr.com>
> wrote:
(snip)
> Nope. Microshit is stupid to even try to copy Jva. I hold up a page of
> Java code and a page ofC++ and tell you which is which. Java is not a
> variant of C++. Java is a very different variant of C . Otherwise it
> would not be so popular. After all, if it were a C++ variant why would
> people go to all the trouble to switch from C++.
>
> C# OTOH is a clear rip off of Java. It is hard if not impossible to
> take a C# program remove all "Microsoft Enhancements" ( meaning
> all the features that tie it to COM ) and have it not look like a Java
> program. I suggest that if you want to continue Astroturfing, you
> learn something about programming language syntax.
>
>
>