On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 9:24 PM, Robert Burrell Donkin < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Michael Champion > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd also point out that there are free SDKs and Express versions of most > of the Microsoft development tools [1], targeted at non-commercial > developers. See [2] for a neutral discussion of what has been left out of > the Express editions. > > > > So, while these tools are not open source, there are no barriers that I > know of against using them to build and test open source software. > > > > [1] http://www.microsoft.com/express/ (Designed for, but usable without > Silverlight) > > [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Visual_Studio_Express > > great > > creating a short guide to getting involved in open source on .NET > might help stronehenge encourage contributors +1. Also, there are some ASF projects that use .NET technologies as of present (ex:- Lucene, [1]), that might IMHO, be worth taking a look at. [1] http://incubator.apache.org/projects/lucene.net.html Regards, Senaka > > > - robert > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >