At first glance, it may sound like an impossible prospect for .NET developers
to engage in cross-platform, open source development in the enterprise. Such
a reality would be unfortunate, because many development teams enjoy the
productivity inherent in using Visual Studio .NET and its wealth of tools for
rapidly producing high-quality code. However, they would also like the
ability to deploy on platforms other than Windows.
That is the purpose of the Mono project (www.go-mono.org), an open source
implementation of the .NET Framework based on the ECMA International
standards for C# and the Common Language Infrastructure.
The Mono project makes the same advanced development technologies embodied in
Visual Studio and the .NET Framework available to Windows developers who want
to deploy their applications on Linux. Mono also enables Windows developers
to bring their app... (more)
This lively discussion will take on the controversial questions that everyone
is asking. What are the limits of Linux? How will Open Source change the
industry? What opportunities and risks are associated with the rise of Open
Source? Come join in the discussion, and pose the OS questions that are on
your own high-priority list.
Panelists: Miguel de Icaza (Chief Technology Officer, Novell Ximian Services,
founder of the GNOME Foundation),
Sam Greenblatt (Senior VP and chief architect, Linux Technology Group, CA),
Bob Zurek (VP of Advanced Technology, Ascential Software),
Margo Seltze... (more)
In July 2001 we announced the launch of the Mono Project an effort to
build an open-source implementation of the Microsoft .NET Framework using the
technical documents that Microsoft submitted to ECMA (the European Computer
Manufacturers Association) for standarization.
Eighteen months later, we have achieved quite a bit: we have an
implementation of the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI), a C# compiler,
and roughly 3,500 classes at various degrees of completion.
In this magazine it is not necessary to rave about the greatness of .NET and
how it simplifies the development pro... (more)
Microsoft has won in the past due to many factors, and none of them related
to "Let them define the game," a couple from a list of many: They leveraged
their monopoly to break into new markets. The most discussed one is when they
used brute force and anti-competitive strategies to get their products into
new markets, but in some other cases they got fairly good adoption of their
products with little or no effort: just bundle it with Windows: MSN
messenger, Media Player.
Competitors were outmaneuvered or were incompetent (See High Stakes No
Prisoners).
People were sleeping at t... (more)
Miguel de Icaza, co-founder and CTO of Ximian, is one of the foremost luminaries in the Linux development community and one of the world's most prominent advocates for Free Software. Before co-founding Ximian, Miguel was instrumental in the development of Linux for SPARC systems and the Midnight Commander file manager. Miguel is the founder and President of the GNOME Foundation. He was also the first recipient of the prestigious MIT Innovator of the Year award in 1999. Miguel has galvanized Ximian's efforts to make Linux accessible and available to the average computer user, and continues to reach out globally by working with international organizations such as eMexico to introduce affordable technology alternatives, like Linux, to other nations.
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Daniel Morris
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