top | item 5170841 (no title) natem345 | 13 years ago It's supposed to sell Windows licenses. discuss order hn newest andyjohnson0|13 years ago True. The point I was trying to make was that Microsoft pays for the development of .net using revenue from other activities. Why can't Oracle do the same? zalzane|13 years ago I don't think it's fair to say that .net is very effective in selling windows licences when mono can run CLR programs on more platforms than java can. esrauch|13 years ago Despite the existence of mono, the vast majority of .net code runs on Windows machines.
andyjohnson0|13 years ago True. The point I was trying to make was that Microsoft pays for the development of .net using revenue from other activities. Why can't Oracle do the same?
zalzane|13 years ago I don't think it's fair to say that .net is very effective in selling windows licences when mono can run CLR programs on more platforms than java can. esrauch|13 years ago Despite the existence of mono, the vast majority of .net code runs on Windows machines.
esrauch|13 years ago Despite the existence of mono, the vast majority of .net code runs on Windows machines.
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