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ncs
June 24th, 2002, 02:14 PM
Is there a version of the .NET Framework that runs on Unix?????
jparsons
June 24th, 2002, 03:51 PM
Originally posted by ncs
Is there a version of the .NET Framework that runs on Unix?????

The Rotor project is in Beta and runs on FreeBSD. Here is the URL http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/Dndotnet/html/mssharsourcecli.asp
Arild Fines
June 24th, 2002, 04:03 PM
There is also Mono[1] and Portable.NET[2].

[1] www.go-mono.org
[2]http://www.southern-storm.com.au/portable_net.html
Arild Fines
June 24th, 2002, 04:05 PM
BTW, some enterprising person ported Rotor to linux. See [1]

[1] http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/1602
ncs
June 25th, 2002, 10:11 AM
So does anyone know if Microsoft intended the .NET Framework to be extended to the Unix world, or was it just suppose to be a Win product?
jparsons
June 25th, 2002, 10:34 AM
Originally posted by ncs
So does anyone know if Microsoft intended the .NET Framework to be extended to the Unix world, or was it just suppose to be a Win product?

.NET was designed to be architecture independent. Considering that they are the ones offering the port of the CLI to FreeBSD I would say they at least partly want it on a Unix Platform.

Either that or they know that WIndows is too weak to ever run hotmail alone and they will need minimal support on their FreeBSD machines to support their new software
ncs
June 25th, 2002, 10:43 AM
ha ha ha ha.......I love an honest reply.....

So I guess my final question in all of this is why did Microsoft develop this Framework along with C# if there going to give it away? Doesn't seem to fit with Microsoft's pattern. Did they want to compete with Java for bragging rights, or are there any underlying reasons out there??????

Any thoughts?