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GNOME One Step Closer To Using .NET

Posted by timothy on from the monkey-conspiracy dept.

fader writes: "On gnome.org is an article indicating that there are now GTK bindings for C#. Basically, when combined with MONO, this means that you should be able to write at least some rudimentary .NET applications for GNOME." Update: 04/12 00:30 GMT by T : Hetz points out that Qt already has this capability (also in Alpha): here's a link to the Qt-CSharp project, and a proof-of-concept screenshot as well.

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  1. a good thing... by metacosm · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I personally believe anything ".net" related is a good thing. ".net" is a tidal-wave, it will gain developers and mindshare, C# is a fairly good language, not perfect, but good. I think that _anything_ that opens up doors and options that were not previously available is a positive step. No one is forcing development or usage of these tools, it is simply an option.

    Options are _good_.

    Feel free to rip apart this post on the basis it is not anti-M$, my apologies!

    1. Re:a good thing... by StealthAXE · · Score: 2, Insightful

      (metacosm: I just printed it out and tore it to pieces.) But seriously, now that Sun is bringing their weight to the GNOME consortium, a gnome friendly implementation of things .net could spell some real trouble for Bill. Now THAT'S a good thing.

    2. Re:a good thing... by morbid · · Score: 1, Insightful

      There are loads of languages that compile to the Java Virtual Machine as well. Google is your friend. Nice troll though.

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