Except of course the fact that - "Microsoft has submitted the specifications of C#, the runtime, the metadata and the other various bits of the .NET development platform to the ECMA for standarization.
You can get a copy of the specifications submitted to ECMA from: http://www.dotnetexperts.com/ecma"; Which has allowed for the creation of an open source version of .NET - http://www.go-mono.com/index.html Once it's a standard others can submit changes to the standard which the standards body address, not MS. Although how far MS's fingers extend into the standards body is anyones guess... Anyway, interestning stuff. I guess the next question is has anyone actually got anything working with Delphi 8 for .Net and then gotten in running on a linux install using Mono? Oh and if I run my newly patch version of D8 Pro and select Help->About it says that its actually "Borland(r) Delphi TM for Microsoft(r) .NET Version 7.1.1446.610", version 7.x not 8.x! :o) Nahum. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Robert martin Sent: Thursday, 12 February 2004 13:45 p.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] Test - Please Ignore Good reasons.... More easy to market your app ? Get access to latest windows functionality (MS may not provide APIs to new functionality) Why .Net? With Rant do begin Personally I think its a reaction to Linux. Its a backup plan. If MS looses its Windows monopoly and just becomes another OS then they can leverage .Net on other platforms. All of a sudden you can write .Net apps for multiple OS's with your windows skills in the language of your choice. MS would eventually start a licensing fee for .Net (MS wants to move to licensing anyway) and would once again be in control of the desktop, this time with the layer on top of the OS. This of course is exactly what MS was worried SUN and Netscape would do to it. If Windows doesn't loose its monopoly then they still control the market for development tools. After all whose tools do you think will be able to access new .Net features first? I believe the only time MS will truly support .Net on other OS's is when it has lost / loosing its Windows monopoly. end; Rob Martin Software Engineer phone 03 377 0495 fax 03 377 0496 web www.chreos.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Traci Sumpter To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 12:19 PM Subject: RE: [DUG] Test - Please Ignore Thats right. Not too keen to jump on the M$ Bandwagon just yet..... Can anyone tell me what the 'Future' of .NET is?? Give me some Good reasons to get involved with .NET and dont say it it the way of the future without justifying it with valod reasons. I may be too skeptical here but i am sure it is just another M$ Get you in before you realise it's too late bollicks.. Anyone want to prove me wrong??? :-) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Sugrue Sent: Thursday, 12 February 2004 11:54 a.m. To: 'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List' Subject: RE: [DUG] Test - Please Ignore You obviously haven't got D8 yet then ;-) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Traci Sumpter Sent: Thursday, 12 February 2004 11:06 a.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: RE: [DUG] Test - Please Ignore Just engrossed in the pleasure in programming in delphi and seeing results fast.. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paul Mckenzie Sent: Thursday, 12 February 2004 10:41 a.m. To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Subject: Re: [DUG] Test - Please Ignore Delphi is not dead - everyone is just asleep... Regards Paul McKenzie Analyst Programmer SMSS Ltd. ----- Original Message ----- From: Pedrocelli To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:21 AM Subject: Re: [DUG] Test - Please Ignore Yeah, I wondered about that, too. Hey youse fullas, you still dere? _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
