On Mar 16, 10:27 pm, Jan Limpens <[email protected]> wrote: > > Soon > (next release, or the one after that) asp.net mvc will be better than > the current mr in almost every aspect and has a huge community behind > it. It would not be a good decision to place your bets on a small foss > project, if there is another version of the same backed by the biggest > player in the marked, community behind it, almost open sourced, > extensible, etc... > > So, I think, if MR does not want to carry the [Obsolete] attribute, it > will have to evolve radically. >
May I say something likely to be unpopular? The .Net ecosystem is anti- FOSS. For all the talk championing open source over the past couple years, we can clearly see from the example of the MonoRail project that .Net developers prefer proprietary software. They will use an open source project only insofar as there is no alternative solution from Microsoft. Meanwhile we will continue to see MSFT crank out 'official' solutions to compete with any sufficiently popular open source project. I've had the privilege of working completely outside the .Net ecosystem for the past several months, using python, django, postgresql, debian, etc. I'm spoiled. As freeing as working with the Castle Project and NHibernate felt when I was coming from 'traditional' .Net development, I have to say that my present experience with FOSS -- pure FOSS -- is a thousand times more freeing. I love the Castle Project. If 'they' ever make me go back to Visual Studio, Windows, and .Net, then MonoRail + Windsor et. al. will continue to be my first-choice technology for buildling web apps. I hope that you guys will be able to keep this project around and thriving. You have an uphill battle in front of you. It shouldn't be that way, but it is. --Stuart -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Castle Project Development List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/castle-project-devel?hl=en.
