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Jim Hubbard
Me to. Don't get me wrong. I like and use MS products - but, I also
like and use Linux. It's nice to have something that will work on both.
I have been a long time fan of Microsoft and their products (although these
posts may make that less than clear at times). But, with the direction they
have taken VB.Net (which is anti-RAD, IMHO) and the continued rising costs
Microsoft products that, let's be honest, really don't add that much value
for the average office user (like MS Office 2002 to 2003) and with the trend
towards intentionally breaking backwards compatibility - we need another
option.
For your enjoyment...
http://mono-project.com/FAQ:_General#The_Novell_Role_in_the_Mono_Project
Will Novell offer Mono commercially?
Novell will offer a commercial support and services for Mono. Mono
components are also available to be licensed commercially. For
licensing details, contact (e-mail address removed)
Thanks again!
To be totally up front... I haven't been all that impressed with SuSE.
It's not that it's bad - I just don't like RPM based packaging. I have
really fallen in love with my Gentoo system and it's portage package
manager.
I'll have to try Gentoo......but, they'll have a hurdle to make it easier
than Linspire - which I installed 4 times in the last 3 days. Linspire is
the easiest Linux system I have ever seen. The 5.0 version desktop is very
user friendly and the CNR (Click N Run) way that you can instll new
applications from their library by just clicking on them is just great.
The only problem I see is a lack of polished software when compared to
Windows. That's why I think that a RAD IDE like REALbasic would help Linux
a great deal. The more poeple we have coding for Linux, the more polished
apps we will have to choose from, the more viable the Linux desktop becomes.
I support any IDE that makes Linux easier to write polished, professional
applications on. I do so because I believe that competition is good for
consumers.
Pepsi is good for Coke (or we'd probably be still stuck with that "New Coke"
crap). Canon is good for Xerox - it keeps them on their toes. Many choices
in cars makes the manufacturers build better (and less expensive) cars. We
need that competition for the desktop too. And, if I can do anything to
helop bring it about - I will.
Like recommending that anyone reading this thread that has not downloaded a
FREE copy of REALbasic do so BEFORE THE APRIL 15, 2005 DEADLINE by clicking
http://www.realbasic.com/vb6/index.php?id=GVVDPQFY .
Thanks, Tom, for the Mono information.
Jim Hubbard