Gnome to be based on .NET?

[link|http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23919.html|Gnome to be based on .NET - de Icaza]

"Miguel calls .NET the "natural upgrade" for the Gnome platform, and enthused about the technology in an interview with us at LinuxWorld this week. Basing Gnome on the .NET APIs will cut development time significantly,
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"I'd like to see Gnome applications written in .NET in version 4.0 - no, version 3.0. But Gnome 4.0 should be based on .NET," he told us."

On the other hand RMS and others are pretty upset with this.
[link|http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/23939.html|Explain yourself Miguel, demands RMS]

I have to agree with them. I can't see how this will work. Microsoft will keep moving the target, changing the API's they will never be able to fully support .NET, they will be constantly running after Microsoft's changes. I hope the rest of the Gnome community doesn't go along with this.

Post #27,339 by bluke 2/5/02 7:35:38 AM Reply	Gnome to be based on .NET? [link\|http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23919.html\|Gnome to be based on .NET - de Icaza] "Miguel calls .NET the "natural upgrade" for the Gnome platform, and enthused about the technology in an interview with us at LinuxWorld this week. Basing Gnome on the .NET APIs will cut development time significantly, ... "I'd like to see Gnome applications written in .NET in version 4.0 - no, version 3.0. But Gnome 4.0 should be based on .NET," he told us." On the other hand RMS and others are pretty upset with this. [link\|http://theregister.co.uk/content/4/23939.html\|Explain yourself Miguel, demands RMS] I have to agree with them. I can't see how this will work. Microsoft will keep moving the target, changing the API's they will never be able to fully support .NET, they will be constantly running after Microsoft's changes. I hope the rest of the Gnome community doesn't go along with this.
Post #27,340 by ben_tilly 2/5/02 7:47:08 AM Reply	Already discussed in Linux I am not exactly wild about the idea... Cheers, Ben
Post #27,412 by tuberculosis 2/5/02 2:08:41 PM 8/21/07 12:45:19 PM Reply	Just silly If they'd quit with the attitude issue and build it on ObjectiveC so we had a real object model callable from C code, we'd have been done years ago. The average hunter gatherer works 20 hours a week. The average farmer works 40 hours a week. The average programmer works 60 hours a week. What the hell are we thinking? Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 12:45:19 PM EDT Expand All History

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