>So it is NOT a variant of Java (I consider that an insult, btw <s>), and it

No it's not an insult. It may be a tributing. Because Java is the one of the pure OOP language on the world. In that case C# is a good OOP language too.

However, if I would like choose a language like C# or Java my prefer will Java. Because;

1- Java is really platform independent language.

2- Maybe one day Billy wakes up and he decide to "C# is over"