Tom wrote:> >One option is to choose different customers; there is plenty of work >that does not involve Microsoft-based programming. > Ah, true... But I'm not devoted to a single platform, and I like working on as many different types of projects at once. As a matter of fact, currently I'm writing software in 4 different languages: C++, C#, Javascript, and VB. (Different projects, but all concurrently., and of course the satellite languages XML, SQL and XSLT) That being said, I *really* have fallen in love with VS.NET. I've never found anything that comes close. But, On different platforms I make do. > > Tom wrote: >Otherwise, multiple machines seem like a reasonable option. I often >use three laptops, Linux, MacOS, and Windows (although I do all >my actual development on Linux and MacOS; the Windows machine >is mainly there for Quicken and MS proprietary file formats). With >x2vnc, you can use a single keyboard/mouse to drive all the >screens--like a cross-platform, multi-headed display. Laptops >are a pretty good deal: you can get one with a 14" LCD display for >around $1000, they consume less power, they are easy to move, >have standard configurations (makes Linux easier to install), and >you even get a UPS included. > Well, like I mentioned before, I use an Inspiron 8000 laptop, completly loaded. It was a hell of a lot more than $1000. Tom Also wrote: > >I often use multiple machines running different operating systems. >Using x2vnc, they become almost like a multiheaded display: a single >keyboard/mouse drives all of them, and I can move from machine >to machine by moving the mouse across the sides of the displays. That >means that I can use the machine I'm not currently developing on >for things like browsing documentation > > Yeah, I've played with this as well, but VNC just doesn't cut it for the work I do. I really don't like running multiple computers, as I'm constantly changing locations etc... My laptop supports multi-headed displays all on its own on XP, a feature which would be critical under Linux (Where ATI's drivers don't exactly shine ) I guess given the wide range of stuff I like to do, XP is still where I'll have to be, and using VMWare to bring Linux and BSD into the mix. My ideal solution would be a Linux world, where it would run more of my native Windows Code. *sigh* Garrett _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
