The key issue here is which parts of .NET are they going to port? I very much doubt
they'll port ASP+ anywhere other than Windows, so JSP will remain the only choice
for cross-platform development of this type. They'll probably just port their very
limited CLR (without the .NET libraries) to Linux in a lame attempt to weaken Java.
It's not clear to me what else there is for them to port, anyway. As long as they
stick to using SOAP for the pipes between .NET components, all the functionality
that depends on this will be available for Linux (both clients and servers)
automatically.
Ximian is already working on SOAP-enabling Gnome objects for the desktop - see
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5079895.html?tag=owv. I'd be surprised if
somebody doesn't start doing the same thing for the Mozilla browser UI components
soon, too. The server side is even further along, with many separate projects
supplying ways to make everything from Java to Perl talk SOAP.
.NET is really a dangerous game for Microsoft, and I wonder if they've got a handle
on where they're going with it. To the extent that it's based on open standards
like SOAP it looks great - but it won't be a Microsoft monopoly. As for the parts
of it that *aren't* based on open standards, it's not clear that there'll be enough
value in them to get people to buy into the Microsoft control. It'd be truly ironic
if Microsoft finally created something really innovative in .NET - and it ended up
killing their monopoly control and profits.
- Dennis
Dennis M. Sosnoski
Sosnoski Software Solutions, Inc.
http://www.sosnoski.com
christopher brown wrote:
> Funnily enough, I've just heard a rumour that Microsoft may be considering
> porting .NET to Linux. One way to consider this would be that some Linux
> users could come to depend on .NET for their applications, and then one day
> find themselves in a tricky situation when support for that platform is
> withdrawn, forcing these users onto a certain competing platform... I
> suppose Sun could do this for Java (using a slightly different approach),
> but nevertheless I feel that this is less likely.
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