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Ximian to bring Mono to Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on from the think-similarly dept.

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."

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  1. Re:what happens if we just don't care? by SteveX · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's pretty simple. Users seem to like running Microsoft's software, and Microsoft has creating a whole new environment in which software will run.

    It's not a big leap to imagine that in the future Microsoft will release software that users will want to use, that will run in the CLR.

    If the CLR exists on the Macintosh, then Mac users can run it.

    I'm not talking about Word or Excel here because those exist for the Mac today - but plenty of other apps (like Microsoft Money for example) exist only for Windows. It's not real likely Microsoft is going to develop any desktop applications in Java (the only real alternative when it comes to cross platform binaries) but it seems like a given they will for .NET.

    So (down the road a bit) if you can run .NET software, you have a whole lot more software to choose from. Having more software available to Mac users will help Apple sell Mac's. That's why Apple should care (even if you personally don't).

    - Steve