Reading this I just had to jump in. If you need an
application to run on
Windows and the 'ix' platform, the other tool from Sun that
.NET's
concept was lifted from would seem to be the answer, Java.
While this
word ventures off topic, Mono is not ready IMO for prime
time and won't
be for awhile. MS for whatever reason does not seem willing
to support
the effort to actually make .NET portable where as Sun has
made every
effort to do so. Obviously there is a learning curve, but it
might not
be as steep as you think if you are already comfortable in
C#/C++.
Please note I'm not try to start a religious war here, I
work in .NET
daily, that's why I read this list, but .NET isn't the tool
for all
jobs. The weakness for the small developer is accessing COM
objects in
Java, but there are tools available to help with this.
John Warner
> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:29:57 -0500
> From: Stuart Laughlin <lists BISTROTECH.NET>
> Subject: Re: Mono for WinForms
>
> On 10/10/06, Brady Kelly <bradychasesoftware.co.za> wrote:
> >
> > Google as I may, I seem to be battling to learn
anything concrete
> > about this development except that it has until
later versions been
> > quite limited. Going on hype, I checked out a blog
on the 'latest',
> > and it said things like
> > the ListView is still a challenge. The ListView
is a
> actually a challenge
> > to everyone IMHO, but they should have at least
done a
> grid. I feel I
> > should ask quickly what the opinion or status is
before
> going home to port
> > projects all night.
> >
> >
> I stopped keeping track of Mono a while back (got too
busy),
> so I'm not sure what the current status is. Hopefully
someone
> here can chime in, though I'm certain you'd have better
luck
> on the Mono lists [1].
>
> I happen to be a big fan of the Mono project in
general, but
> I'm certainly not porting all my .Net apps to Mono in
my
> 'spare time'.  I think
you have to ask yourself what the
> value of doing so would be for your particular
> application(s). In other words, what is your motivation
for
> porting your projects to Mono? This is probably the
first of
> many questions that you will need to deliberate before
you
> invest the time and energy it may require to port your
> existing projects to Mono.
>
> On the other hand, simply installing Mono and
attempting to
> compile your current projects as-is would be a pretty
trivial
> exercise and might help you get a feel for how much
work
> would actually be involved in the porting process.
>
>
> [1] http://www.
mono-project.com/Mailing_Lists
>
> --Stuart
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