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Sounds like you missed the fun of it's first release. We (C# developers) all called it Microsoft Java.
Edit: I remember answering the question "What the hell is C#?!” with: "It's Microsoft Java".
It gave folks new to the language all they need to know: It aimed to solve the same problems as Java, and didn't have Sun's commitment to Open Source behind it.
I must be new to the scene compared to you folks!