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Originally published at Internet.comThe noted computer columnist for the Public Broadcasting Company's Web site last month wrote: "Now Java begins it's slow decline as C# becomes dominant. I don't want it to be this way, but it deserves to be this way." What are we to make of this? It's his opinion. He's free to offer it to anyone who will listen. But is there any evidence to make such a claim? Let's give it a close examination.
The writer who uses the pen-name Robert X. Cringely who works for PBS (there is more than one Cringely) is best known for his TV miniseries about the seminal days of the PC revolution, "Triumph of the Nerds." In his November column "Sharper Than Ever", he argues that C# will supplant Java as the dominant network programming language, simply because Microsoft cares more about its offering than Sun does, that "all sides know Microsoft will win."
Here are his key propositions:
1. Microsoft has no credible competitors, "due to lack of will" on their part. (They are "wimps.") 2. "Microsoft is about to beat the bejeezus out of Java." 3. "C#, while still in beta, already feels better than Java. Its performance is snappier." 4. Sun let its "technological lead" slip away. 5. "Sun has less faith in, and resources behind, Sun ONE [Open Net Environment] than Microsoft has behind .NET." ...
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