[aseem]

I don't think Microsoft executives are losing sleep over "Microsoft Hatred" as much as they are losing sleep over "Microsoft Irrelevance". How many college students know how to program on Win32? How many even know what Win32 is? In 10 years, these college students will be the senior developers at their respective companies.

Certainly, any good engineer will choose the best tool for the job. But I find it unlikely that those that know little of MS technology will promote those tools later in their careers.

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[archon]

> How many college students know how to program on Win32?

Not nearly as many as those who know how to program in .Net.

[smackfu]

Luckily, college students know Java, and C# is close enough to pick up.

[gaius]

Not really, the latest C# is closer to Scala than it is to Java...