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RE: [LMSDev] Re: Open source .NET

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 :-)



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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/06/mono_two/ The latest release of Mono, the Open source implementation of .NET is released today. Could this help the...
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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...
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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...
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Yeah, investigated it pretty seriously a few years ago.. it was a fairly complete implementation of .NET 1.1 (at that point) but light on, or just missing the...
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