C# sucks are you people blind - Dev Shed: "You obviously have no idea about java or C# since you can say such a stupidity.As for Microsoft 'stealing' tech from Sun please look at this:

1) 1996 Microsoft releases ASP; in 1998 Sun releases JSP
2) 1997 Microsoft releases ADSI; in 1998 Sun releases JNDI
3) 1997 Microsoft releases MSMQ; in 1998 Sun releases JMS
4) 1997 Microsoft releases Microsoft Transaction Server; in 1998 Sun releases EJB
5) 1998 Microsoft releases MSXML; in 2001 Sun releases JAXP
6) 2000 Microsoft releases Queued Components; in 2001 Sun releases Message Driven Beans
7) 2000 Microsoft releases XML Web Services; in 2001 Sun releases Java Web Services Developer Pack

So I ask who's playing catch-up?

This dates can be easily verified provided you know more about google.com than java/c#
I had this discussion so many times in the past i can't even remember how many.Most of the cases turns out the people I was talking to were a bunch of linux freaks hating everything microsoft.
Judging by how much proof you bring to support your views,I guess you fall under the same 'i hate microsoft,therefore I don't think before i speak about it' category.

/Chaos"