I'd have to say Mono is not ready to compete yet, but only to complement. The development environments just don't seem to be there yet, mainly the extreme difficulty involved in getting even a simple debugger. Compared with the relative simplicity and power of VS2003, it still is much better to author in VS and run on Mono.
That is already a great thing, so it's not a knock on Mono or peoples' efforts, but there's still work to be done. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of PFJ Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 4:55 AM To: mono Subject: Re: [Mono-list] Is Mono ready to compete with MS .NET in realbusiness? Hi, > Mono 1.0 was shipped awhile ago, and I'm really excited > about that... but now the natural question is: > > "Is Mono ready to compete with MS .NET in real business?" Depends on the context. For winforms, no. 1.2 will have that and it should rock. > ... and one more question is > > "Will Novell provide support, documentation, etc.?" > "If yes, by when?" monodoc already has the documentation. As C# is already a standardised language, whatever is in the ECMA standard or the MS documentation should follow. > Behind MS .NET there is a huge development team, > support, documentation, and continuity... and I > think Novell should offer the same, but till now > I don't see anything in that way. There is with Mono. The big difference is that (I would guess) the majority of those working on Mono aren't on the Novell payroll - it's the biggest difference between Open and Closed source. Take OpenOffice, there are well over 200 people actively working on it, yet only about 15 work for Sun! TTFN Paul -- "If I face my God tomorrow, I can tell Him I am innocent. I've never harmed anyone. I have cheated no one. I have deceived no one. I have hurt no one. Except myself. And that He will forgive me." - Hans Holzel
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