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Re:Open Source .NET three years later by heartbreak on Sunday December 24, 2017 @10:01AM (#15999792)
> If Microsoft doesn't pour a billion dollars into getting .Net ready for Linux in 2018, .Net is over.

I feel very confident stating the opposite. If Microsoft halts all investment in .Net today, .Net will still be around another 30 years at least with maintenance work alone.

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Re:Open Source .NET three years later by oblio on Sunday December 24, 2017 @01:43PM (#16000695)
Yeah, but its direct competitor is also fine in this regard. If all Oracle employees are nuked tomorrow, Java will still outlive Cobol.
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