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New Mono Roadmap, DotGNU 0.1 On CD

Posted by timothy on from the co-option-option dept.

msh104 writes "The Mono project just released a nice status update for Mono. They also preview a roadmap for what the future will be like. It's quite nice to read if you want to find out if writing .Net programs for Linux will have a future for you. The Mono roadmap is available here." And gibbon writes "The DotGNU Project announced the availability of the DotGNU 0.1 CD-ROM release. It runs on many platforms and the CD contains documentation, packages for GNU/Linux, FreeBSD and MS Windows. It is now possible to use the base class libraries and XML. System.Windows.Forms and the web services are coming along well, too. The announcement contains more information and download links."

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  1. Re:'Splain it to me, Lucy... by avdi · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Because a) Mono is an implementation of the open ECMA-standard components of .NET, done without any knowledge of MS's implementation; and b) Mono is much more likely to help than to hinder MS, at least in the short term.

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  2. Re:Mono vs DotGNU by bizcoach · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Has anyone summarized the similarities and differences between Mono and DotGNU?

    Such a summary should IMO be written by an objective outsider who does not have a vested interest in the success of either of the two projects. As far as I know, so far no-one has written a reasonably objective comparisom.

    Why don't these projects merge?

    I have made multiple attempts to establish cooperation between DotGNU and Mono. This has not worked out. I want to leave it at that. If I say what I, from my DotGNU perspective, think were the reasons, and the Mono folks respond by saying what they think were the reasons, we get just another round of pointless bickering, that would be a total waste of time.

    I think it would be great though if someone with skills in the study of contemporary history wanted to study this question. The challenge here is that only an outsider can be sufficiently objective, but it will probably be difficult for an outsider to gain a good understanding of what has really been going on behind the scenes.

  3. What is the point of .Net on Linux? by Decaff · · Score: 2, Insightful

    .Net on Linux is always going to lag behind .Net on Windows. Linux is a dominant presence in the server market, yet the aspects of .Net that Mono suggest they are least likely to implement are the enterprise server features, so only the client-side features of .Net are likely to be anywhere near complete.

    There is a language and system already available on almost every platform that has complete client and enterprise features and open source versions (GCJ, Kaffe) - its called Java.

    So why bother?