I read the article linked to above. It has nothing to do with the technology that swapper is using, other than that CLR comes under the same .NET nomenclature umbrella as what the article does talk about. What a dork. If you are a programmer for Microsoft platforms, then you will eventually be coding to the .NET CLR, guaranteed. So what was wrong with the decision to use C#? Now if you want to argue that Microsoft is incapable of providing the secure platform that the market will be demanding and therefore Microsoft platforms will soon be obsolete, then fine. But given their past performance and horrendous resources (and the market's lame expectations), I'd bet against that happening anytime soon.