Comment Re:*yawn* (Score 0) 292
.NET and C# pretty much took over Java. Sure, Java supports more platforms, but it's resource and memory hog, insecure (there's tons of Java exploits out there but none for .NET!) and Java development is light years behind .NET and C#.
On the other .NET is really lightweight, fast and C# as a language is fast and easy, while it still allows to do a lot of powerful things. You also get access to some devices that Java doesn't support and comprehensive libraries like XNA. If you wanted to make a game, you could code for all Windows, Linux (Mono, even if its sometimes lagging behind on new features), Windows Phone 7 and Xbox360 all at once. Also, Visual Studio is much better development IDE than any other.
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