[StJacques]

". . . .NET is simply a copy of Java, although its creator has only released a CLR for its own operating systems. . . ."

Oh no. .NET is the first widely-circulated multi-language development platform with runtime compilation that uses APIs built using XML Schemas. It is light years beyond Java.

[antiRepublicrat]

It is light years beyond Java.

In some ways it's better. In others I miss Java. But in general, I do like programming in .NET with C# -- that's what I do for a living.