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0 pointsjdmichal9y ago0 comments

Microsoft even made the C# language specification ECMA and ISO standards. The ECMA process started shortly after the first commercial release. I'm pretty sure if they had just talked to the Microsoft guys, they would have realized everything would be fine.

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taneq9y ago

You have to remember that Microsoft is a very different beast today than they were back in 2005.

jdmichalOP9y ago

Not really relevant to this particular conversation. C# was commercially released in July 2000. The ECMA standardization committee was founded in September of the same year. Writing began in January 2003, and the standard officially adopted in June 2006. This is all described in the standard:

http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST...

There's also a standard for CLI (Common Language Infrastructure), which is the underpinning of the .NET platform:

http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST...

taneq9y ago

I didn't say C# was released after this time, I said Microsoft is a different beast now. They've made a significant swing towards open source and embracing the OSS community. Back in 2005 they still very much thought they ruled the world and could get away with anything.

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taneq9y ago

You have to remember that Microsoft is a very different beast today than they were back in 2005.

jdmichalOP9y ago

http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST...

There's also a standard for CLI (Common Language Infrastructure), which is the underpinning of the .NET platform:

http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/ECMA-ST...

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