However if you are a *nix developer and
want to try .NET out, it offers a good starting point. More info at http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page
if anyone is interested, including an IDE to download. As a Mac user at home I
might try it and see how transferable my skills are.
Re Moonlight I agree it is hugely in
Microsoft’s interest to get Silver/Moonlight available on every platform.
It’s never going to be seen as a true alternative if its availability is
limited. They should be supporting Moonlight wholeheartedly.
Karl
From: nigellaurentius
[mailto:nigellaurentius@...]
Sent: 06 October 2008 09:36
To: LMSDev@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [LMSDev] Re: Open source
.NET
In terms of encouraging uptake it's a shame that WPF
isn't even on the
radar for the Mono guys, it'd probably be a sticking point for me if I
were to be using a *nix platform for .NET development work.
Same also for Moonlight being a whole version behind Silverlight, it's
bad for MS themselves too imo, less cross-platform uptake, meaning
Flash stays the forerunner.
Mixed news really, it'll be interesting to watch where it goes from
here :-)