Re: [MLUG] mono

[ryan woodsmall <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Two things:

1. Mono will attract .Net developers to Linux/Mac OS X/wherever it  
runs.  This is a good thing, as any developer growth for free and/or  
alternative operating systems will benefit users.  And cross-platform  
for (virtually) free is nice to boot.

2. For all the talk about Microsoft supporting developers, the open  
source and free software camps porting their software to MS are  
pretty much second-class citizens.  By supporting a Microsoft-centric  
technology as a first-class citizen on OUR terms, we can give them a  
middle finger and show them how it's done.  Again, this should  
benefit everyone in the long term.

I'm not a .Net developer, nor have I even investigated what all the  
hubbub is about, but I can see the benefit in having a free, open  
competing platform for the new "core" MS technology.  I doubt you  
should even consider moving to .Net, though, if what you have works.   
That's what counts in the long run!

  ryan woodsmall
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On Nov 8, 2005, at 2:18 PM, Shawn Parker wrote:

> i'll agree it's a good technology. i'm just not sold on why i should
> use it over something else.
>
> i can develop cross-platform apps now. web or otherwise. if the only
> reason is because it plays nice with .net. well, i don't use .net,
> either.
>
> :)

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