On Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:31:02 -0800, Eric Gaumer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wish everyone would stop saying that mono is irrelevant. It is > absolutely relevant to this entire topic. We are arguing over licensing > issues. Mono is free and Java is not. C# is geared at superseding Java.
Since I know very little about programming in Java OR Mono, Google turns up this: http://www.go-mono.com/java.html I gather that Java emulation is a goal of some Mono developers, but it's not there yet, and given how hard it must be to support things like browser plugins, it may be a long time before it becomes a "drop-in" replacement. In my opinion end-user pressure is the only currency IBM and SUN have with their restrictive licenses... once there is a free solution available their licenses will become irrelevant. But if that takes another year or two that will seem a LONG time!
