Sergey,

I think the concept of .NET at a lower level (not at the language semantics) is probably more Java based, and C# certainly would look that way but only in as much as Java heritage is from C++. Think about it, the whole concept of managed runtimes (sandboxing etc.) has been around for decades and if I where MS I would be stupid to ignore whats gone before me, especially Java. However from a language standpoint I would be equally stupid to ignore the fact that the company and its products are predominantly C/C++, why would you choose language semantics that don't help your thousands of C/C++ developers adopt the managed world?

Regards
Neil