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Not to mention that Mono can be used to push developers toward Windows and the official .NET Framework, and in fact has.
Which is exactly why some of us are reluctant to cheer Mono on, no matter how dedicated and talented the Mono team might be.
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Novell had already dumped millions in to it How do you know that?
In terms of developer salary alone I have no doubt Novell has put millions of dollars in to Mono with no real obvious profitable products.
Nope... no real profits.
I am confused by this. If attachmate let go of Mono developers clearly it felt the product has not been profitable and won't be any time soon. What investor with a sound mind would feel otherwise? Novell had already dumped millions in to it and look where they ended up.
I'm later to admit how wrong I was. Suddenly mono was deploying into iOS, Android and places where the existing developer ecosystem couldn't have otherwise.
A hearty congratulations and wish you all the best. You deserve it.
I am confused by this. If attachmate let go of Mono developers clearly it felt the product has not been profitable and won't be any time soon. What investor with a sound mind would feel otherwise? Novell had already dumped millions in to it and look where they ended up.
(Disclaimer: I used to work at Ximian and Novell with Miguel & others, and contributed some to Mono in the early days.)
Has something happened since Apple implemented the no interpreters rule? Didn't Apple outlaw MonoTouch?
MS should support them with some funding.
Giving the Mono guys $50 million seems like a no-brainer investment to me. This is particularly true since MonoTouch directly helps bring apps to WP7. It would also help their cloud efforts. The future is heterogeneous, and while Mono can already handle that there's too much FUD.
Particularly if it means there could be one platform on which to write apps for both WP7 and Android.
I doubt Ballmer would go for it. He probably still thinks "Linux is a cancer" and a threat to be destroyed, whereas in fact the threat to MS is more from Apple.
If I was running MS I'd use the disquiet Oracle has created in the Java world by pushing for .NET/C# to replace Java as the standard OS-neutral run-anywhere platform.
THIS is the company Microsoft needs to fund. Not Skype or Nokia.
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Yea, it was all about trying to screw Adobe.
Why specifically were they trying to screw Adobe?
Has something happened since Apple implemented the no interpreters rule? Didn't Apple outlaw MonoTouch?
Thank you for asking this. I came here to ask it. I'm not sure why you were downvoted for it (I assume that's why the comment has been dimmed). Sometimes I don't think I recognize HN. It's a shame, and I hope it doesn't keep you from asking questions here.