Casper, your logic just doesn't add up. Mono on linux is entirely analogous to something like soy latte - an open source build of java/C# on a specific platform.
The official apple java VM is analogous to microsoft releasing an official version of C# on linux. As you can see, C# just loses in this proposition: OpenJDK is far closer to the official spec than Mono is to C#, and the non-open source releases are available for far more platforms. On Nov 26, 4:30 am, Casper Bang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Dick, > > I feel your pain, but that is the price we pay for a truly open > platform. And I guess I don't see the big difference between having to > wait 18 months for Java on Mac vs. having to wait a year for > Silverlight on Linux. At least in the latter case, we can go grab bits > as soon as they compile. > > Anyway Moonlight 1.0 supports MP3, WMA, WMA-Pro, WMV-7,8,9 and VC1. > Moonlight 2.0 alpha, out in march 09', will incl. H.264 which I guess > is what you need for netflix. The Sun press release > (http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-05/sunflash.20080507.3.xml) neither > confirms nor denies the support of H.264 - perhaps a question for the > upcoming interview? > > /Casper > > On Nov 26, 1:10 am, Dick Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Casper > > > I think the only thing I really want to run that uses silverlight > > right now is the NetFlix on-demand application, which requires the new > > Silverlight 2.0. Again it comes down to the fact that it is lagging at > > least 1 full release behind the .NET stuff and I suspect much of the > > new cool stuff will be done in Silverlight 2.0. I know I could run > > some demos in moonlight, but I really want to be able to run a few > > sites in particular and I can't do that for the forseeable > > future. .NET continues to push Windows and MacOSX support as "cross > > platform", leaving us Linux users in the cold - meanwhile Hulu and > > Joost, using Flash, demonstrate that it can be done truly cross > > platform right now. Perhaps JavaFX will get there soon too - certainly > > it will work on Linux at least. :-( > > > I want my netflix streaming... > > > Cheers > > > Dick > > > On Nov 25, 12:34 pm, Casper Bang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Nov 24, 5:42 pm, Dick Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > to Mono still (witness the fact that I still can't use silverlight > > > > applets on my linux box - and I would because the NetFlix streaming on > > > > my linux box would be very useful indeed). > > > > Dick, they are rolling out the Moonlight 1.0 beta so the site is > > > currently parked, but if you run Ubuntu and Firefox try the older 0.8 > > > plugin:http://www.go-mono.com/archive/moonlight-plugins/latest/novell-moonli... > > > > After 1.1mb download and the one-click install (are you paying > > > attention Sun?) go check out a Silverlight 1.0 page, > > > i.e.http://silverlight.net/samples/1.0/Sprawl/default.html > > > > /Casper --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
