This post "feels" like a troll ... but I'll bight. Do some more Googling and you'll find that it's quite easy to swap out the MSSQL backend for any number of other OS databases. A few full ports of various example web apps have been done running either MySQL or PostgreSQL.
IMO Mono is quite a viable option. -Abe On 3/1/07, Charles A. Landemaine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Mono project is very interesting and has tremendous potential. > Unfortunately it's not viable for regular web hosting on Unix, because > it's missing MSSQL. ASP.NET developers develop their ASPX applications > with MSSQL for the majority, and if you want to offer MSSQL, you need > a Windows Server, in the end you're better off using ASPX on a Windows > server in this case. > > Creating a free implementation of MSSQL for Unix would set the > industry free from Microsoft, and web hosting companies could offer > full-featured Windows hosting using just free software, and at the > same price as LAMP hosting. > > Thanks for your attention, > > -- > Charles A. Landemaine. > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
