# Microsoft and C#

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-and-c/266505>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 28, 2004, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-and-c/266505 "2004-09-28T16:19:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 4

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**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2004, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-and-c/266505/61 "2004-10-06T03:44:20Z")

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The big hole missing from “seth”'s picture is that any devious licensing agreement by MS would also apply to windows developers releasing free software, thus, effectively shooting microsoft in it’s own foot. Seems like a pretty stupid assertion to me.

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