.NET General

interview with Miguel de Icaza

Dare Obasanjo: A number of parties have claimed that the Microsoft NET platform is a poor clone of the Java™ platform. If this is the case why hasn't Ximian decided to clone or use the Java platform instead of cloning the Microsoft .NET platform?

Miguel de Icaza: We were interested in the CLR because it solves a problem that we face every day. The Java VM did not solve this problem.