> David P. Bowler said:
>
> I think you misunderstand much of Mono's value. It is not about
> attacking Java's base, its about giving the even larger Windows world
> the opportunity to explore new platforms. Having ported applications
> from dotNet to Mono, I have seen first hand its value.
I thought the point of Mono was that you didn't have to port applications.
No?
In my opinion, Mono would be tremendously valuable if it allowed any .NET
application to run on it. I grant you that's a hugely difficult task for
parts like Winforms, but that seems to me where the value lies. (Last time
I looked Winforms support wasn't available in Mono, but that was a very long
time ago.)
Having it as another platform that you need to port to just makes it too
easy for folks to ignore.
Geoff
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