NET Core, Java and Open Source
We need to talk about it How open is .NET Core and C#? How does it compare to a platform like Java? Well... let's see. Disclaimer: The post is a resumed version with lots of links, so be prepared to read it in a DFS or BFS way :) .NET Core In November 2014, The Microsoft team announced that " NET Core is Open Source " Included C# and Visual Basic compilers Visual F# ASP.NET Core Entity Framework Core NET Core Framework In 2015, Microsoft releases Visual Studio Code , a cross-platform multi-language IDE. All these released under an Open Source license. The MIT License . NET Core runs in Windows, Linux, Mac and ARM-based systems (IoT) Docker support existing Java Originally made open source by Sun in 2006 Released under GPLv2 CE license . The CE clause allows it to be used in a more restrictive scenario. Oracle has a different licensing schema for "Enterprise Java". While the OpenJDK is still safe (and should remain so) Ente...