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Re:Java 17 / JDK 17: General Availability by pulse7 on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @03:01PM (#28529354)
Ohhh.... C# was invented as a response to Java... So it had to play catch-up with Java - at it's inception...
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Re:Java 17 / JDK 17: General Availability by jsiepkes on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @03:35PM (#28529885)
Even worse: C# came as a response when Microsoft failed to apply their embrace, extend, extinguish tactic on Java like they did with Netscape[1].

In the end the case was settled out of court and MS agreed to pay more then 1 billion dollar to Sun. MS also agreed to license a whole slew of patents for use with .net.

[1] https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/sun-sues-microsof...

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