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Shared Source .NET Ported to Linux

Posted by timothy on from the everything-has-conditions dept.

bjepson writes: "Shaun Bangay of the Rhodes University Computer Science Department has released a port of Rotor for Linux. You can find more details, including a download, at the O'Reilly Network."

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  1. I really don't care - I can't use it. by zulux · · Score: 5, Interesting


    From the licence attached with Rotor:

    "You may not use or distribute this Software or any derivative works in any form for commercial purposes."

    Rotor on Linux is as about as usefull, to me, as a Corvette is on Mt. Everest.

    Except that the Corvette is cool, and Microsoft .NET is a spasdic mess of Windows APIs, p-code, neutered languages and FUD against Sun all wrapped in a license that sucks.

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    1. Re:I really don't care - I can't use it. by pmz · · Score: 4, Interesting

      ... .NET is simply the best tool out there for development....

      This is true only if you do not care about risk. .NET is ruled by Microsoft; what happens when Microsoft is 1% of what it is today? Don't argue back with those "Microsoft is God and is immortal" type arguments, since Microsoft is a company like any other.

      If you work on an application that is really important to your company's long-term health, and you want your company to be successful regardless of Microsoft's success, then .NET is simply the worst development tool out there. A well-designed C or C++ application (i.e., modular UI) provides much better risk mitigation, since mature C and C++ environments exist on nearly every available platform. If one platform folds, much of your application should port to an new one trivially, and the rework will likely be in the user interface (a smaller task that dumping a .NET application and starting from scratch).

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