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Old 07-19-2003
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Re: .net

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Originally posted by bolidecaster
It is said in the manual that the most serious drawback of choosing .NET is that non-Microsoft platforms are not supported. How do you think of MONO(http://www.go-mono.com/) and DotGNU (http://www.dotgnu.org/)? Thanks!
Not wanting to be too biased about it, but I'm skeptical too. Remember the DCOM UNIX implementation by Software AG? That was an unmitigated disaster: it never worked properly and went nowhere. I also think it is highly likely that MS would fight any moves to make .NET availabe as Open Source. My feeling is that, if you need cross-platform functionality, you had better not look to MS technology to get it.

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Michi.
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