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Re:Ask HN : Which should I learn : C# or Java by johns on Sunday November 16, 2008 @04:57PM (#366347)
"it can run cross-platform without the danger of Microsoft suing you out of existence"

Please explain further. MS isn't suing Mono (and supports them in many ways) and is increasing their cross-platform capabilities with Silverlight. These are not cure-alls, but they are progress.

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Re:Ask HN : Which should I learn : C# or Java by nailer on Monday November 17, 2008 @05:37AM (#366761)
How is Silverlight cross platform? Have you tried finding and installing Silverlight on Linux? If you managed to, what percent of the sites on Microsoft's showcase worked?

Hint: I know the answer to all the above. That's why I'm asking the question.

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Re:Ask HN : Which should I learn : C# or Java by johns on Monday November 17, 2008 @11:31AM (#367007)
I didn't say it was cross platform right now, but that they were making a cross-platform push with Silverlight which brings a subset of the .NET CLR to Macs. Linux support is in Moonlight. Again, not all there yet, but it's progress.
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