Re: Java versus dotnet

From:

Lew <lew@lewscanon.com>

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comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:54:19 -0500

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George Neuner wrote:

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:37:23 -0500, Lew <lew@lewscanon.com> wrote:

Mr. X. wrote:

Dotnet is more popular then Java

Evidence on the web suggests that Java is considerably more widely used than
C# or .Net. This could change, and the definition of "popular" in these
sources is open to debate. OTOH, there's no evidence I've seen for the
converse claim, that .Net is more popular than Java.

"Popularity" is the wrong word, "market penetration" would be more
appropriate.

The fact is that .NET is deployed to far more machines than is Java.
CE, 2K, XP, 2003 and Vista all require .NET 1.1 and Vista also
requires .NET 2.0 ... the runtimes are pushed out to the have-nots
with critical system updates.

The upshot is that most Windows systems in use can be depended on to
have at least 1.1. CE, XP and 2003 are still under warranty so it
will be only a matter of time before they will require a later version
as well.

Uh, yeah, good point. I was referring to the types of applications where one
would have to choose between .Net and Java for, say, application development,
though, not Windows internals direct from Microsoft.

So "popularity" was the right word.

--
Lew

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