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STC++ > Java > C# and anyone who disagrees is a microsoft-cuck (kidding !!1!1!!)
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Microsoft's development of C# is closely tied to accusations of anti-competitive behavior concerning Sun Microsystems' Java platform in the late 1990s. As Java gained traction as a potential "middleware" that threatened the dominance of the Windows operating system by allowing applications to run across different platforms ("write once, run anywhere"), Microsoft sought to undermine its cross-platform nature. They licensed Java and created their own version, Visual J++ and the Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (MSJVM), which included proprietary, Windows-specific extensions like J/Direct that were incompatible with standard Java. This practice was part of Microsoft's alleged "Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish" strategy, designed to fragment the Java ecosystem and lock developers into Windows, thereby destroying Java's key advantage as a cross-platform technology.
The resulting fragmentation led to Sun Microsystems successfully suing Microsoft for breach of contract and trademark infringement over its non-compliant Java implementation. As a result of the legal settlement, Microsoft was barred from shipping its own Java implementation and was effectively forced to discontinue Visual J++. This legal defeat and the need for a modern, object-oriented language to compete with Java spurred the creation of C# and the broader .NET framework. While C# adopted a similar syntax to Java, it was designed from the ground up to be a Microsoft-controlled, managed-code environment, which was initially tied closely to Windows, achieving Microsoft's core goal of maintaining its operating system's dominance against cross-platform threats
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