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DotGNU Ported to PocketPC

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the little-yellow-different dept.

t3rmin4t0r writes "The Pocket PC# group has ported DotGNU Portable.net to PocketPC. This is a significant step because the .NET Compact Framework SDK is heavily licensed, unlike the .NET SDK available for free from MSDN. Thanks to PocketPC#, now you can build Window.Forms C# applications for PocketPC without submitting to Microsoft's exhorbitant SDK licensing fees. Portability to embedded/low-end hardware is one of Portable.net's stated goals. DotGNU Portable.net also works on 9 major CPU architectures according to gentoo's portage. The Darwin-ports features a cool package with Windows.Forms for Mac OS X. Handhelds like iPAQ or Zaurus have also ports (the iPAQ one features Windows.Forms). Esoteric hardware like the Sony Playstation 2 or the Microsoft XBox can also run Portable.net."

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  1. Re:Patent s by Rick+the+Red · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Pantents? Patents? We don't need no stinking patents!

    Hey, I also thought we don't need no stinking proprietary operating systems. What the hell is a GNU anything doing on a Microsoft OS? Isn't that, like, illegal or against the GPL or something? What's the next GNU story, "Stallman buys SOAP"?

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    If all this should have a reason, we would be the last to know.