In the msdn guidance on Equals override, why the cast to object in the null check?

Question

I was just looking at the Guidelines for Overloading Equals() on msdn (see code below); most of it is clear to me, but there is one line I don\'t get.

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Answer 1

I suppose, since the article also talks about overriding operator==, that it's forcing it to use the == operator defined on Object rather than any overloaded operator in the current class.