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Novell Bringing .Net Developers To Apple iPad

Posted by timothy on from the odd-confluence dept.

GMGruman writes "Paul Krill reports that Apple's new iPad could be easier to write apps for, thanks to Novell's MonoTouch development platform, which helps .Net developers create code for the iPad and fully comply with Apple's licensing requirements — without having to use Apple's preferred Objective-C. This news falls on the footsteps of news that Citrix will release an iPad app that lets users run Windows sessions on the iPad. These two developments bolster an argument that the iPad could eventually displace the netbook."

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  1. Re:Certainly won't displace it in... by NatasRevol · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Really???? Your one real reason is Hulu?!?!?

    That's V E R Y F U C K I N G L A M E.

    TV sucks. Putting it through a flash player doesn't make it any better.

    And I know that as I watch out of market hockey games on flash-only justin.tv.

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  2. Re:Not seeing any netbook displacement by SoupIsGoodFood_42 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Multitasking on such a device is overrated. It hasn't stopped the iPhone from becoming popular. The iPad is not meant to be a desktop or laptop replacement, so why are so many people assuming it needs such capabilities?

  3. Re:Easier? by pydev · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Did you guys totally lose it finally? OS X _IS_ Mach/Objective C/NeXTSTep/BSD Lite for God's sake.

    Whichever way you want to put it, it's 25 year old technology and it shows: it's quite primitive.