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iPhone Gets .Net App Development

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the next-comes-drag-and-drop-development dept.

snydeq writes "Novell has announced MonoTouch 1.0, a commercial SDK that allows developers to build iPhone apps using Microsoft's .Net Framework instead of the Apple-designated C or Objective-C languages. The SDK leverages Novell's Mono runtime for running Windows apps on non-Windows systems, allowing developers to utilize code and libraries written for .Net and programming languages like C#. With MonoTouch, the Mono runtime provides such developer services as garbage collection, thread management, type safety, and Web services, said Mono leader Miguel de Icaza."

8 of 327 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Left fuckers by RyuuzakiTetsuya · · Score: 0, Troll

    At what point will libertarians contempt for humanity end?

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  2. So... what is Apple going to do? by jmerlin · · Score: 0, Troll

    They love their exclusitivity, lock-in, etc. We saw them destroy an awesome C64 emulator because you could program in BASIC for it. From glancing over the article, it appears developers will be able to use .NET to produce iPhone apps while not using OSX (!!!) -- I don't think Apple would stand for this. "You must pay $3,000 for a crappy mac to write software for our iPhone, and even then your chances of getting your app on our 30% royalty fee store is highly unlikely!"

  3. Mono? by webdog314 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Now you can have all the security and stability of .Net and Microsoft right on your Apple iPhone! Oh wait...

  4. What a Pig by curmudgeon99 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Can you imagine how terribly apps on this combo will perform? I would be waiting with great skepticism.

  5. Hmm...would that be Icaza by codefungus · · Score: 0, Troll

    the sell-out?

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  6. Re:Launch Times? by jcr · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's generally just a pain in the ass to use compared to Qt on Windows or Linux,

    It's worse than Qt? Wow.

    -jcr

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  7. Re:Mono by jcr · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm about as good at it as you are at being tactful and diplomatic.

    I'm very good at being tactful and diplomatic. If you felt insulted by my remark, then I accomplished my purpose.

    -jcr

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  8. Re: Why not? by jcr · · Score: 0, Troll

    Then we'll have to agree to disagree.

    I guess so. Taste isn't for everybody.

    I much preferred having NeoOffice to having nothing but TextEdit.

    There has never been a time when those were your only two options.

    -jcr

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    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."