i disagree. C# is just a language, it is != .net. there are many pieces to the .net puzzle that you can be sure microsoft will never release to open source or a true standards body. If Apache commits to C#, it would do nothing but lend credibility to Micro$oft and .net in the eyes of uninformed people.
Microsoft will not let Mono succeed no matter what they are saying now; if Mono can do the entire .net platform, how does micro$oft make money? Sun sells hardware, and if they can make money off licensing java, that is just gravy, although they would like to start making more software because of the higher margins. Sun can not stop the open source java movement as it is too mature and their customers are sensitive to it. And how many companies would actually roll out Mono when Micro$oft has patents all over the .net stuff that they could sue over at any moment. And they have a proven track record of sh*ting all over people moving in on their turf. sorry for the rant... --- Pier Fumagalli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 6/12/02 1:00 "James Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> The Question I have for everybody here is does anyone have any interest in > >>> Porting any of the other jakarta projects to C# so that they may be able to > >>> run on Mono/Linux/windows & .Net/Micorsoft ? > >>> > >> what this sppose to mean????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > >> ppl, why want you to support C#????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > Sticky issue, but from one perspective you could say that C# / CL* have > > more potential to be an open platform than java at the moment, > > considering that Microsoft has submitted most of the base platform to > > ECMA, while Sun still has a strangle-hold on Java... > > Being involved with the JCP quite closely, yes, I tend to agree... And since > now C# is also available for OS/X, well, I'm game! :-) > > Pier > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ===== An easy read on your Digital Rights Disappearing [http://newsforge.com/newsforge/02/10/21/1449250.shtml?tid=19] __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
