Comments on: What .NET going Open Source really means http://wagedomain.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/what-net-going-open-source-really-means/ East coast technology blog Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:49:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Tony Baker http://wagedomain.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/what-net-going-open-source-really-means/#comment-33 Tony Baker Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:50:28 +0000 http://wagedomain.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/what-net-going-open-source-really-means/#comment-33 "Mono provides the necessary software to develop and run .NET client and server applications on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows, and Unix. Sponsored by Novell (http://www.novell.com), the Mono open source project has an active and enthusiastic contributing community and is positioned to become the leading choice for development of Linux applications." - http://www.mono-project.com I believe microsoft is finally realizing that they have competition coming from open source solutions. I have used the .NET environment and the mono environment in windows and in linux and prefer mono. I find it interesting that there has not been legal action from microsoft. Due to this I will never spend the thousands of dollars for the .NET environment when I can do everything I could ever need with mono. Just a biased view from a linux nerd :) Tony “Mono provides the necessary software to develop and run .NET client and server applications on Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows, and Unix. Sponsored by Novell (http://www.novell.com), the Mono open source project has an active and enthusiastic contributing community and is positioned to become the leading choice for development of Linux applications.” - http://www.mono-project.com

I believe microsoft is finally realizing that they have competition coming from open source solutions. I have used the .NET environment and the mono environment in windows and in linux and prefer mono. I find it interesting that there has not been legal action from microsoft.

Due to this I will never spend the thousands of dollars for the .NET environment when I can do everything I could ever need with mono.

Just a biased view from a linux nerd :)

Tony

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