On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Rahul Sundaram <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/19/2010 12:00 AM, openbala wrote: >> I'm a fan of .Net platform. I personally feel Mono runtime is an >> awesome experiment to bring C# into non-Microsoft platforms. C# as >> such is a wonderful language and would love to see a complete .Net 4.0 >> runtime implemented in Mono (currently Mono is fully compatible with >> .Net 2.0 and some specifications of .Net 3.0). The interesting side > > Patents are not a purely technology issue. While C# might indeed be a > good language, if the technology stack is patent encumbered, adoption > of it will be hindered. Another important issue is whether > people/companies funding Mono are running a profitable business to > ensure sustainability of the platform. Unclear whether that is the case > as of now.
> > Rahul > One news worthy event that happened on July 17th is that, the licenses of DLR (dynamic language runtime), IronRuby and IronPython has changed from MS-PL to Apache-2[1] Microsoft has further released parts of the .Net framework code in open source (some in MS-PL and some in Apache 2) - this includes Sliverlight controls, Microsoft's AJAX and ASP MVC.[2] - These will be available in Mono 2.8 Microsoft so far hasn't pounced on Mono like they did with SalesForce. Infact, Miguel got the Microsoft MVP award in 2010. About the profitability and adaptability of Mono, this might be a totally different thing, looks time Mono is at least claiming that it is being well adopted [3]. I guess Ubuntu still ships with Tomboy Notes installed (not sure) which means that they aren't gravely concerned. Not sure about Fedora, as I used only Fedora KDE. [1] - http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2010/Jul-17-1.html [2] - http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2010/Jul-07.html [3] - http://www.mono-project.com/Companies_Using_Mono _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
