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Re: C# and Java?

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From: Owen Green
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:57
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> But not on tehnical merits. For instance, most people I've talked to
> who used both Borland and Microsoft's C++ tools preferred Borland's,
> but because of the OWL vs. MFC thing Microsoft "won".

Which, as with most of M$'s 'victories' was won at the Pointy Haired level;
at a rough estimate I would say only around 20% of the C++ people I've
talked to / worked with professed any affection whatsoever for MFC. Having
used it, I can't say I blame them - it gives C++ a bad name.
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