Hi Jon, We discussed it before and you know my opinion on this project. In my opinion (I have arguments as well) this project is an unfortunate attempt to extend MS presence through Linux. And I don't think the Open Source community at large will adopt it
It's a "Trojan" horse: "Jon HawortDavid Stutz, group program manager for the shared source implementation of Microsoft's Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) told ComputerWire: "We have talked informally with Ximian, and will determine with Ximian whether technical assistance would be appropriate." Ximian was unable to be contacted." It had highly suspicious original licensing scheme (changed recently): "The stated goal of the Mono project is to free users and developers from Microsoft's operating system platforms, questionable business practices and restrictive licenses. While the project sounds like a good idea on the surface, its instigators -- steeped as they are in open source development -- have failed to recognize that its licensing will preclude commercial developers from participating in the project or in using its output." It has non-resolvable (or difficult to resolve) technical issues: "Nicholas Petreley writes at InfoWorld, "If Ximian [an open-source company behind the Mono project, an open-source port of .Net] encourages open-source developers to write e-commerce applications that access Passport, it actually hands Microsoft the key to killing off open-source e-commerce once and for all." "There are things that are part of .Net that ... would be difficult to implement on other platforms," Stapf said. For instance, the graphical interface libraries, known as Windows Forms, are Microsoft APIs. "The Mono guys are trying to implement the Windows Forms, but I'm guessing that will be a hard thing for them to do." "Now there's a thought. Any pure .Net application written under Windows will be instantly portable to Linux. Not a bad concept for .Net application designers and consumers alike. But what if Microsoft decides to "extend" its own .Net specification to add undocumented calls? Well, all the third-party vendors will be stuck in that boat as well. And they will still have the option to build a larger Linux-based business by using Mono instead of the Windows-based implementation." It's well behind the schedule: "Taking advantage of the standards, Mono developers have pledged to release sometime this year the "Mono Core," which will mimic the .Net Framework for Linux and Unix operating systems. However, even Mono members admit that there is still much work to be done before the first version of Mono is released." All quotes are from the reputable sources. But the main thing here is a very simple. At present time even MS .NET is not as good a technical solution for Web Services as AXIS from the Open Source released last week. Regards, Peter Kinev. Jon Haworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi Peter, > >> Web Services. Here you have to choose between .NET with C# >> on MS or Java on Linux/UNIX. And it will be a discrete choice >> – those environments are absolutely non-compatible. > >Or .Net via Mono on Linux/UNIX, which recently got to the point of having an >implementation of C# that's passed the break-even point (IOW you can >implement C# in C#) > >http://go-mono.com/ > >Choices are never black and white, especially in this industry. > >Cheers >Jon > >____ The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM ____ >To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > >________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > >You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
