>From: "senthilraja P" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Yes.. its very true.. there is this possibility also.. it will provide a >very good chance for all .NET developers to embrace linux.. existing of >mono-develop and sharp-develop will make them dump visual studio for small >and medium projects.. Windows sales will be dropped, the VStudio sales >would be dropped, if the Mono matures in to stable product..
Mono would have been a great framework for Linux and other non-MS OSs if the mono developers had not stated up front that they want to make Mono a close implementation of the .NET specification. MS as the author of the .NET specification and also as the organization developing a lot of the technology behind .NET will always have an advantage in the development of a .NET implementation and their implementation will always be ahead of Mono in terms of compliance with the .NET specification. Because of this Mono has always been viewed as the inferior implementation of the .NET specifications and has been shunned by most enterprises. Barring a handful of commercial apps which target Mono, pretty much every other .NET application is targeted for the MS's implementation of .NET. If the Mono developers had instead worked on a framework for Linux and other OSs which borrowed concepts such as the IL, CLR etc but was based on their own specification (that is, it is not branded as a .NET implementation for Linux/other OSs) and had worked on developing an all encompassing API which allowed apps to run on this framework and yet be written in many languages allowing applications to be developed for both the web as well as the desktop, it would have made Mono a great framework. Sadly, as it stands, the fact that the mono developers have opted to make it comply with the .NET specifications has resulted in Mono being seen as an inferior and potentially legally-suspect implementation (due to the fact that it uses technologies patented by MS) of the .NET specification and this will severely limit it use. Thanks, PK _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
