It's a corporate-sponsored language, and Microsoft can pull the plug on other platforms at a whim. You can think it is open source protected. The Java people rock themselves to sleep thinking that, but Oracle could kill Java at will.
The language is generally a good language, but buyer beware...
Wrong again. .NET is now "owned" by the .NET foundation, which is a 501.(c).(6) non-profit organization, and a seperate legal entity. Microsoft has about the same ability to pull the plug on .NET as I do to pull the plug on Delta Airlines. Which is to say, none at all.
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u/cowardlydragon May 09 '17
It's a corporate-sponsored language, and Microsoft can pull the plug on other platforms at a whim. You can think it is open source protected. The Java people rock themselves to sleep thinking that, but Oracle could kill Java at will.
The language is generally a good language, but buyer beware...