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Race to Linux Project Announced
An anonymous reader writes "According to Internetnews.com The Race to Linux project was announced Wednesday at the recent Microsoft Professional Developers Conference. The challenge: port an existing ASP.NET application to Linux using any cross-platform tool of choice, including Mono, Grasshopper and PHP. (Mainsoft offers tools that let Visual Studio users build applications that run natively in the Unix, J2EE and Linux environments.) Yaacov Cohen, CEO of Mainsoft stated: 'Linux is too big and ubiquitous to ignore.'"
Interesting. I wonder if now, some people are going to discover that some of the tools and languages that work with Linux are really very convenient and superior to their Windows counterparts. Or that Windows using developers will finally be have some real arguments to back up their claims that their platform is superior as a development environment. At any rate, some people will learn how to write software that works on Linux (and likely other unices), which can only be a Good Thing.
Please correct me if I got my facts wrong.
I wonder when we're gonna see the new "Winmacux" OS?
With all the time and energy spent cross-porting applications from Linux to MacOS to Windows et al, I'd not be surprised if someone didn't attempt to make a hybrid OS that at least tries to bridge the three OS's together under one banner. It'd likely be the biggest piece of bloatware to ever grace a HDD, but it would prove interesting to see a system running MacOS, Windows, and Linux apps at the same time.
Of course, if that were to ever happen, I could see M$ trying desperately to buy the technology out. heh
how many cassete tapes is that going to use?
...For the beast had been reborn with its strength renewed, and the followers of Mammon cowered in horror.
Unfortunately Microsoft wasn't split into OS company and software company (Thanks to G.W.Bush). That way they'd probably produce cross-platform software.
No, MainSoft is not a typo for Microsoft; MainSoft is an independent software company that makes a tool that allows for cross-platform development.
During the PDC, which was organized by Microsoft, one of the exhibitors (mainsoft) announced this contest which was intended to show off their products.
This is not an attempt by Microsoft to do any kind of cross-platform development.
To the best of my knowledge, neither of the groups organizing the event (MainSoft and CodeProject) are owned in whole, or in part, by Microsoft.
If you read the disclaimer on CodeProject, you will find the following groups barred from the contest:
Microsoft Employees are not on this list. I really don't think that Microsoft has a great deal to do with this event.
Yes, I'm sure the CIO's at corporations migrating to Linux on the desktop have an intense hatred of Microsoft and stay up until 4 in the morning posting about it on Slashdot.