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From: Marco van de Voort <marcov@turtle.stack.nl>
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Subject: Re: Time for a new language?
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On 2011-06-17, Tony <nospam@myisp.net> wrote:
>>
>> Exactly, though I'd say Microsoft in general, and not Windows.
>
> Well, that is a contradiction. I opined that the popularity of the 
> framework stems from the association with a popular of a product rather 
> than popular because of association with a specific company.

The problem is that Windows and Office are closely related in terms of
popularity. I was hinting on that.