On Mon April 20 2009 12:00:18 pm Chintana Wilamuna wrote: > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Daniel Kulp <[email protected]> wrote: > > THAT said, with the current state, I think you'll have a hard time > > getting the needed +1 votes to release. With the above, I don't think > > people would -1 it, but I don't think they would +1 either. Example: > > for me personally, I would not be able to +1 the release as I would not > > be able to run anything (Mac/Linux only, no Windows) and I won't vote for > > something I haven't run, especially a web app type thing. Since there > > are a LOT of Mac folks on the IPMC, this could end up being a problem > > getting the required vote. My SUGGESTION (not required, but I think > > it would help) would be to spend some time before the first release and > > get it working on mysql or portgres or something. That should pretty > > much remove the issue from discussion. > > Daniel, > > Just to clarify, .Net version of the stocktrader requires Windows + > .Net Framework which is not free as in speech. So, does this mean that > the release has to work with Linux + Mono?
It would be nice, but I don't really think so. :-) There was a note about "close enough" free (as in speech) alternatives and I'm not sure if Linux + Mono would be considered a "close enough" alternative to Windows+.NET (unless your name is Miguel de Icaza :-) ). Certainly MySQL is "close enough" to MSSQL which is basically the main issue. Also, when you read ".NET version" most people kind of assume Windows is required. However, when you see PHP and Java, the assumption is quite different so the "close enough" test on the DB really kind of comes into play. Basically, if I download Stonehenge, I expect to be able to get SOMETHING working on my Mac/Linux box. I don't expect the .NET stuff to work, but I would expect the PHP and Java stuff to work. Dan > > Bye, > > -Chintana -- Daniel Kulp [email protected] http://www.dankulp.com/blog
