On Mon, 28 Jun 2004, John Hebert wrote: > If you haven't kept up with it lately, I'd like to > report that the Mono project has been making some > notable progress lately. Note that since Novell > acquired Ximian, Novell is now behind the Mono > project.
Novell seems to really be generating momentum in lots of different linux areas. I think they are going to get most of the Redhat business now. I know I am dumping Redhat and I am SERIOUSLY evaluating Novell/Suse products as a replacement. > > Here's a summary of the significance: > Using Mono, you can both develop and host C# apps on > Linux servers, as well as easily port over C# apps > running on Microsoft servers to Linux servers. Without > spending a dime on Microsoft software. > Anything to keep money out of Billy's hands! One question though... Why would anyone start with .net as their development platform of choice? What does it offer that other non-M$ languages do not? I know basically nothing of .net and C#, so I am just curious. It is nice that you can now easily port it to linux, but I cannot figure out why someone would not use something else to begin with. Those of you doing M$ development might be able to fill me in. Shannon
