Comments on: .NET in Academia http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/03/19/net-in-academia/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:00:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: dalangalma http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/03/19/net-in-academia/#comment-7360 dalangalma Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 2001320673#comment-7360 <p>Amen, brother.</p> Amen, brother.

]]> By: dhtmlgod http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/03/19/net-in-academia/#comment-7361 dhtmlgod Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 2001320673#comment-7361 <p>I agree, .NET's biggest limitation is the lack of multi-platform. I personally don't imagine seeing this changing in the near future.</p> <p>What would be the commercial point of it?</p> <p>Imagine, your an ASP.NET developer and .NET is now multi-platform. You would want to use the latest and greatest Windows Server OS, but your boss has heard the wonders of Apache on Linux! With a £0 price tag, and your setup is going to cost a lil more than that! What do you think their going to go for?</p> <p>Making .NET cross-platform would be like them shotting themselves in the foot, IMHO! :)</p> <p>Maybe making only client apps cross platform, and not .NET, but making ASP.NET would hurt their server sales.</p> <p>I might be dead wrong, but thats the way I see it.</p> <p>:)</p> I agree, .NET’s biggest limitation is the lack of multi-platform. I personally don’t imagine seeing this changing in the near future.

What would be the commercial point of it?

Imagine, your an ASP.NET developer and .NET is now multi-platform. You would want to use the latest and greatest Windows Server OS, but your boss has heard the wonders of Apache on Linux! With a £0 price tag, and your setup is going to cost a lil more than that! What do you think their going to go for?

Making .NET cross-platform would be like them shotting themselves in the foot, IMHO! :)

Maybe making only client apps cross platform, and not .NET, but making ASP.NET would hurt their server sales.

I might be dead wrong, but thats the way I see it.

:)

]]> By: Sam http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/03/19/net-in-academia/#comment-7362 Sam Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 2001320673#comment-7362 <p>There is a big problem with Microsoft supporting cross platform or interoperability. Think about it: Europe and others say that Microsoft (and I am a BIG Microsoft fan) is a monopoly. Clearly it isn't, everywhere I look I see non-Microsoft products, but there you have it. However, the legal rulings that Microsoft is a Monopoly would be strengthened if Microsoft got deeply involved in this type of support.<br /> It is your opportunity to make it happen, get rich retire early.</p> <p>Go for it.</p> There is a big problem with Microsoft supporting cross platform or interoperability. Think about it: Europe and others say that Microsoft (and I am a BIG Microsoft fan) is a monopoly. Clearly it isn’t, everywhere I look I see non-Microsoft products, but there you have it. However, the legal rulings that Microsoft is a Monopoly would be strengthened if Microsoft got deeply involved in this type of support.
It is your opportunity to make it happen, get rich retire early.

Go for it.

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