Bill Gates answers questions about Java during a deposition (1998) [video]

Re:Bill Gates answers questions about Java during a depositi... by V-2 on Monday October 27, 2014 @03:45AM (#8514332)

Note that Google considered using C# instead of Java at some point :)

"If Sun doesn't want to work with us, we have two options: 1) Abandon our work and adopt MSFT CLR VM and C# language - or - 2) Do Java anyway and defend our decision, perhaps making enemies along the way"

http://www.fosspatents.com/2011/07/judge-orders-overhaul-of-...

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Re:Bill Gates answers questions about Java during a depositi... by MichaelGG on Monday October 27, 2014 @12:15PM (#8516374)

The Mono team ported Android to C#, and got some significant performance wins. http://blog.xamarin.com/android-in-c-sharp/

One wonders how much better the world would be if Google had hired some first employees that preferred expressive languages.

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