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title: Microsoft dumps Java
date: "2000-07-12T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 2130
description: I share my reaction to Microsoft dropping Java support in favor of Perl. As a dedicated Perl fan who never found much use for Java, I'm untroubled by this shift in Microsoft's language adoption strategy.
keywords: [microsoft, java, perl, programming languages, software development]
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[Microsoft dumps Java](http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2240702.html?tag=st.ne.1002.tgif.ni). Doesn't worry me to much. I've never had much use for Java as a user. They've 'adopted' [Perl](http://www.perl.com), though. And I was always a Perl fan.