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Visual Basic on GNU/Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-why-you-might-ask dept.

jeevesbond writes "The Mono Project announced that it has developed a Visual Basic compiler that will enable software developers who use Microsoft Visual Basic to run their applications on any platform that supports Mono, such as Linux, without any code modifications."

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  1. OS X Intel? by hxnwix · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I wonder if this will include OS X Intel, which Microsoft claims they simply just absolutely cannot port VB to under any circumstamces ever. That would be pretty funny.

  2. Re:Terrific by miguel · · Score: 5, Interesting

    According to our statistics, based on 1,500 applications that have been submitted using the Mono's Migration Analysis, 50% of the VB.NET applications do not depend on the operating system.

    From the remaining 50%:

      25% would require a week or so to port (replacing Windows library calls with Linux calls)
      25% would require a month of so to work, and a Linux expert in house
      25% would require a strong commitment to support Linux, and many months of work.
      25% is not even worth attempting.

    Miguel.