MS.NET is free software, only the source code isn't free. On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Fergus Henderson wrote:
> On 04-Dec-2002, TP-Software <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mono, is it the same as .NET but for Linux ? > > To a first approximation, yes. > But there are some important differences. > > > I mean when I compile a .NET application on Windows (Let's say a basic console >application, not yet a winforms application), > > should it then run on Linux without any problem ? > > And vise versa if I compile it on Linux (Mono) should it run on Windows (.NET) > > In theory, yes, provided the application does not use native code > and does not rely on any DLLs that use native code. > > > If so, does that mean I can take a compiled VB.NET console application (which does >exactly the same as the previous app) and > > run it in Linux ? > > VB.NET applications rely on a DLL that probably uses native code. > However, Mono might have a replacement for it. > > > And why is there a Win32 version of Mono ?? Can't we just use .NET ? > > Yes, but MS.NET isn't Free Software. > So if there are bugs in it, you can't fix them. > And you don't have the freedom to extend or improve it. > > -- > Fergus Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | "I have always known that the pursuit > The University of Melbourne | of excellence is a lethal habit" > WWW: <http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~fjh> | -- the last words of T. S. Garp. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
