MonoDevelop is very similar to VS; although it would be nice if the .NET APIs had deeper integration into Ubuntu (such as screensavers, packaging systems, authentication, etc.). Although; MonoDevelop is still rapidly evolving into another great development platform for Ubuntu!
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Faldegast" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 4:23 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share > >> Mark, >> You really need to make a task force for building a Visual Studio for >> Ubuntu. >> THEN, this bug will be fixed . Just take a look at what Microsoft did. > > In general i think that we really need task forces in plural. > There are a lot of overlapping projects. One example is that KDE and Gnome > should merge, at least when it comes to key technologies. > > 1. We need a standardized method for embedding objects. Like Java Beans > and OLE/ActiveX in Windows. I mean how do you view a office document in > a VS application, or create a PDF report? You find an ActiveX that can > do it. KDE has KParts and Gnome has something similar, but we really > need a standard for this. Or in other words we need a standard for > Custom Controls. In OLE/ActiveX an object can be inproc (dynamically or > statically linked) or out of proc (external server process that starts > on demand). Also the app is totally oblivious to w > > 2. We need a visual editor that can create new Custom Controls, or > design containers like forms/windows. > > The Lazarus FreePascal IDE is an interesting project. > > Another thing that we need is a good native database library. We have JDBC > and ADO.NET. Perhaps one of them could be ported to C/C++? We also have > PHP Data Objects that is quite nice and probably implemented in C, perhaps > the C code could be used to make a "C Data Objects"? > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail i mobilen på 5 sekunder! > http://new.windowslivemobile.msn.com/SE-SE/windows-live-hotmail/default.aspx > > -- > Microsoft has a majority market share > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Club Distro: Invalid > Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in EasyPeasy Overview: Invalid > Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Invalid > Status in JAK LINUX: Invalid > Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Invalid > Status in Tabuntu: Invalid > Status in A simple player to online TV streaming: Invalid > Status in Tv-Player: New > Status in Ubuntu: In Progress > Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu: Invalid > Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: Invalid > Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: In Progress > Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Confirmed > Status in “linux” package in Debian: Confirmed > Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed > Status in openSUSE: New > Status in Tilix Linux: New > > Bug description: > Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. > This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix. > > Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, > restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and > limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, > globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. > > Steps to repeat: > > 1. Visit a local PC store. > > What happens: > 2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software > pre-installed. > 3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed. > > What should happen: > 1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like > Ubuntu. > 2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and > benefits would be apparent and known by all. > 3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes. > > > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/clubdistro/+bug/1/+subscribe > -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
