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		donw on Aug 13, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The shit finally hits the fan....(James Gosling on... If MS turned C# and .NET into a true open-source ecosystem, as well as the CLR, my next project would be in C# without a doubt.

mechanical_fish on Aug 13, 2010 | [–]

And what is going to stop the heirs to Microsoft's patent portfolio from suing you, ten years hence?

Microsoft's conversion to open source is going to have to be really really convincing after yesterday's precedent.

fedesilva on Aug 14, 2010 | [–]

Mine in F#

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