Re: [discuss] Managed Code

2005-03-24 Thread CPHennessy
On Thursday 24 March 2005 10:20, Mr Rigel Anrndt wrote: > There is the link to the Managed Code dialogue in Text, though, not > particularely friendly to a lay person. I pulled it off the MSDN web site, > so it will be in developer speak. Sounds mostly like marketing hokum to me. If you want simil

Re: [discuss] Managed Code

2005-03-24 Thread Mr Rigel Anrndt
There is the link to the Managed Code dialogue in Text, though, not particularely friendly to a lay person. I pulled it off the MSDN web site, so it will be in developer speak. http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/default.asp?url=/archive/en-us/directx9_m_Summer_04/directx/whatismanagedcode.asp H

Re: [discuss] Managed Code

2005-03-24 Thread =?iso-8859-15?Q?Lars_D=2E_Nood=E9n?=
Rigel, Could you point to a concise written summary? The "Show" you sent the URL for appears to be some video requiring several MS products + MS formats + DRM, so I can't tell whether you are joking or not with your original suggestion. Text is helpful, video and audio is not, especially one in

Re: [discuss] Managed Code

2005-03-23 Thread Mr Rigel Anrndt
What is Mono? Rigel Christian Einfeldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tuesday 22 March 2005 21:44, Travis Beaty wrote: > Hi! > > I'm not on the development team, but the idea of moving to .NET / > Mono would be quite interesting. Ick. Why would anyone use .NET when they could use Mono, whi

Re: [discuss] Managed Code

2005-03-23 Thread Christian Einfeldt
On Tuesday 22 March 2005 21:44, Travis Beaty wrote: > Hi! > > I'm not on the development team, but the idea of moving to .NET / > Mono would be quite interesting. Ick. Why would anyone use .NET when they could use Mono, which is good and open? I have heard developers say good things about .N

Re: [discuss] Managed Code

2005-03-23 Thread Mathias Bauer
Mr Rigel Anrndt wrote: > This may be better directed at the Developer Community but I thought > I'd start simple, so as not get to get laughed off the list. > > Can any developers who subscribe to this list and the developers list > and have participation in the OOo development tell me if: > > A

Re: [discuss] Managed Code

2005-03-23 Thread Mr Rigel Anrndt
If you are looking for a background of the initiatives on .NET you can watch the .NET show. All the archives are available from here. The first part of each episode is from a non-developer standpoint, called "TechNo Babble", and the second half of the show is from a programmer's standpoint, call

Re: [discuss] Managed Code

2005-03-23 Thread CPHennessy
On Wednesday 23 March 2005 05:19, Mr Rigel Anrndt wrote: > This may be better directed at the Developer Community but I thought I'd > start simple, so as not get to get laughed off the list. > > Can any developers who subscribe to this list and the developers list and > have participation in the OO

Re: [discuss] Managed Code

2005-03-22 Thread =?iso-8859-15?Q?Lars_D=2E_Nood=E9n?=
On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Mr Rigel Anrndt wrote: [...] A: There are any plans to upgrade the OOo backbone to support the .NET framework? B: There are any plans to upgrade the memory and file handling to "managed code"? Could you please provide some links providing concise, low buzzword density defin

Re: [discuss] Managed Code

2005-03-22 Thread Travis Beaty
Hi! I'm not on the development team, but the idea of moving to .NET / Mono would be quite interesting. I'm not sure how doable it would be considering the large code investment they have in their current system, though. I would like to hear some official opinions, though. The developer commu

[discuss] Managed Code

2005-03-22 Thread Mr Rigel Anrndt
This may be better directed at the Developer Community but I thought I'd start simple, so as not get to get laughed off the list. Can any developers who subscribe to this list and the developers list and have participation in the OOo development tell me if: A: There are any plans to upgrade t