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Re: Java vs .NET was: RPGIII compiler vs Visual Basic

On 6/21/05, Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If this is true, then Microsoft is pointing their ship directly into the
> deep waters of proprietary code.

When was it ever accepted that proprietary code was a bad thing?  The
open source community is a awash in incompatibilities.  The
incompatiblity between PHP and Java being the one I think is very
important.   An enterprise pays a little extra to MS, in return is
received a very solid and consistent way of doing things. Basically
the way the AS400 used to be.

-Steve

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