Re: VS.NET is too EXPENSIVE. Developers switching rapidly from it.

From: Ed Kaim [MSFT] (edkaim_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/29/04 

Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 00:23:01 -0800

> Is not the purpose of .net to provide 'cross-platform client
> applications' or am I missing the purpose of mono in that people in OSS
> are choosing to develop for a language that /only/ supports MS Windows
> products?

Yes, since the CLI is an ECMA and ISO standard, anyone can implement it on
other platforms. However, I have heard from multiple customers that they
won't consider it cross-platform until they see substantial progress on
other platforms that will be officially supported like Microsoft supports
the Windows version. However, there are some companies, such as SourceGear
(http://sourcegear.com), that are using the mono implementation to run on
Linux.

"Philip Callan" <callanca@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:w_G9c.36740$QO2.13490@pd7tw1no...
> Ed Kaim [MSFT] wrote:
> > The only really effective arguments you could make for not using
> > Visual Studio would be if you need to build cross-platform client
> > applications or if you're trying to take the company down from the
inside.
>
> Is not the purpose of .net to provide 'cross-platform client
> applications' or am I missing the purpose of mono in that people in OSS
> are choosing to develop for a language that /only/ supports MS Windows
> products?

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