When Microsoft presented .NET Framework and C# language in 2002, what was the first article to introduce C#?I'm looking for some paper published on MSDN or Microsoft website that would explain the need for another language, talk some background and maybe have some code samples.Also, I'm interested in the original C# introduction, not in a generic .NET Framework document.  I remember that early .NET papers were rather foggy and while it is a fair share of fun to re-read them, I aim for a language-centric document.
Where can I read the original C# introduction paper by Microsoft?
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From MSDN Magazine September 2000I've an odd - 11 year old - feeling that I read this at the time, and went . . . mehMany developers wish there was a language that was easy to write,  read, and maintain like Visual Basic, but that still provided the  power and flexibility of C++. For those developers, the new C#  language is here. Microsoft has built C# with type-safety, garbage  collection, simplified type declarations, versioning and scalability  support, and lots of other features that make developing solutions  faster and easier, especially for COM+ and Web Services. This article  gives you a first look at C#, a language you areC# is Cool September 2000Also, good article On the History of .Net & C# here by James Kovacs 