Microsoft on Thursday said a technology standards body has endorsed
programming tools key to expanding the appeal of the company's .Net Web services
plan. Microsoft said the European Computer
Manufacturers Association (ECMA), an international technology standards
organization, has ratified Microsoft's C# (pronounced "see sharp"), a Java-like
programming language, along with a component of its .Net Web services framework
called the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI). That means that C# and the CLI
are now officially standards, administered by ECMA. But Microsoft will retain
control over who gets to license the technology and how it will be distributed,
a company spokesman said.
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