Ximian to bring Mono to Mac OS X

nunogawa writes "According to Think Secret, Miguel de Icaza said Ximian will probably be subcontracted to bring Mono (.NET support) to Mac OS X. The article mentions that de Icaza never mentions what company would hire Ximian to do this and surmises that Apple would be the likely candidate. On the other hand, I think Microsoft is another reasonable possibility."

Comments

Re:Why are we associating Linux with MacOS?

[jeffy124]

can't recommend due to fundamental security issues

I'm sorry, but I gotta ask: What security issues? OS-X by default is possibly the most secure OS on the market that's suitable for the desktop. By default all the services (apache, sftp, ssh, appletalk, etc) are disabled, and cannot be enabled until after install. By comparison, Win2k has IIS enabled by default, without making it easy to disable it.

Getting updates is incredibly easy, as a tool pops up when you log on saying "there's an update available, would you like to install?" and it installs it for you.

It appears to me that you simply haven't used OS-X or have refused to find out any facts about it.

Re:A Favor?

[usr122122121]

It appears I may have been a bit off in my wording.
Here's my logic:

• A search for microsoft security on versiontracker.com yields such results as: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 Incorrect VBScript Handling Can Allow Web Pages to Read Local Files Q318089
• Microsoft REALLY has not been famous for code security. I'm sure some would debate that with me, but I would rather not get into that /too much/.
• If Microsoft consistently develops insecure programs with major security holes, why should we trust them to develop a very secure application framework?
• There is already one documented virus for the .NET framework. I believe it's documented on their virus alerts page.

I really am not pinning any blame here on Ximian. It's really cool that there are such avid people in the community that would like to port programs (and frameworks) over to OS X...
I just question whether or not .NET is really needed/wanted on Mac OS X at this time.
-braxton

Re:Why are we associating Linux with MacOS?

[Sethb]

Win2k has IIS enabled by default, without making it easy to disable it.

Actually, here in the real world, only Win2K server has IIS installed by default, workstation does not, and it's pretty easy to turn it off, you just go to the Control Panel, go to Add/Remove Components, and remove IIS.