Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 4th Feb 2004 05:34 UTC
According to statistics, Java continues to have the crown of the most used VM-based platform in the industry. However, Microsoft's C# and .NET gain ground every day. While C# might or might not overcome Java in the following years, the fact remains that more and more programmers want the choice of C# among their developer tools. So, where does this situation leave Apple?
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Just make .net available...to take a page from Bill's playbook: Embrace and Extend baby!!! The goal is to support it well enough that people can work with it on APPLE'S hardware! without haveing to choose MS or Apple simply to connect Access databases or simple office programs. That also keeps MS honest and thwarts some of MS grander schemes of world domination. Remember too, it opens Apple up to a lot of VB bindings in proprietary software that keep people locked into MS solutions. Using many of today's plant and financial integration software packages you can't just rip out MS servers because they control machine tools or electronic "canned" systems. But if Apple supports .net at least you can "talk" to the MS solutions and keep your "core business" out of MS hands!!!
While you make a few points, I'm not convinced Microsoft wants to see .NET used in any other platform outside Windows. It's Windows or nothing for Microsoft, at least from my observation all these years.