> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Easton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 12:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Mono-list] RE: Is it Mono safe?
> While there's a strong urge for Linuxites to dislike any > technology that's related to MS, real developers should be > without technical prejudice and the benefits of Mono pretty > much speaks for themselves. I would have to whole heartedly agree. Good technology is good technology no mater where it comes from. I know a human thing to hate everything that comes from something which is utterly loathed, but the intelligent man would give credit where credit is due. > Sure there's a chance that MS might do some patent slapping > at some point, but is it really going to be worth their > while? After all, Mono makes it a lot easier to integrate > Windows solutions with cross-platform software and it makes > .NET much more attractive for organisations who're afraid of > vendor entrenchment or have reams of legacy software running > on assorted boxes. > > I personally feel that MS is going to be over the moon when > Mono stabilises as it will help MS to push their products > onto non-Windows platforms and it will help MS push .NET to > organisations that might otherwise consider Java and OSS. > If you'll forgive the blasphemy, perhaps what's required for > Linux to finally 'succeed' on the desktop is for MS to > release .NET versions of their product lines - Imagine the > joy of Windows Media Player on Linux! Mono is going to allow is the legions of Windows programmers to easily start leveraging their skills on the Linux/Unix platform. I'm sure that scares and angers the "Linux is the only way" type people because their territory is going to be encroached upon but the people who have helped to support the thing they hate so much. This kind of development can only help to further Linux usage because no longer will installations of software need to be configured, compiled, and installed. The user can skip all that and just install whatever application they wish to use. Christopher McGinnis _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
