did you know a D language? (19)

9 Name: #!/usr/bin/anonymous : 2009-01-17 06:14 ID:Heaven

> I don't think it is at all a good idea to have any corporation in charge of designing a programming language, standard library, and user interface bindings for a particular OS, when their primary moneymaker is the OS itself.

the OS isn't their primary moneymaker:
http://www.microsoft.com/msft/earnings/FY07/earn_rel_q4_07.mspx

> Client offerings consist of premium edition and standard Windows operating systems. Premium offerings are those that include additional functionality and are sold at a price above our standard versions. Premium offerings include Windows XP Professional, XP Media Center Edition, XP Tablet PC Edition, Vista Business, Vista Home Premium, and Vista Ultimate.
 Revenue   	  $3,808    	  $3,347   	  14%    	  $14,972    	  $13,089   	  14%
> MBD offerings consist of the Microsoft Office system and Microsoft Dynamics business solutions.
 Revenue   	  $4,633    	  $3,905   	  19%    	  $16,396    	  $14,486   	  13%

also, apple (os x, objective c) and bell labs (unix and plan 9, c) did the same thing.

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