[dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf".

Hi Shamil:

In order to be able to program and compile C# applications, in Ubuntu, it takes a bit of configuration. The program Mono (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_%28software%29) was originally developed on OpenSuse but the installation has some issues running on top of Debian. 

My skill sets with managing the many library and dependencies is limited, so what should be simple, for someone that really knows his/her stuff, it is a daunting task for me. Once Mono is running with, out issues, there is still the adventure of finding just the right GUI. It is not that there is no support or options, it is just that there are so many finished and unfinished solutions that it has become a very big learning curve with much adding, testing, removing and then repeating.

With Microsoft announcing they will be open sourcing their .Net development libraries it has the potential of creating a more unified .Net environment across all platforms...which should make it easier for someone like myself, who is training and learning on a budget.

Jim        

----- Original Message -----
From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" <mcp2004 at mail.ru>
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Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 10:53:34 AM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf".

 Hi Jim --

>> Aside: It took about two of weeks just to get Mono to stay stable and then attach a functional GUI...
Sorry, I have missed something - what do you mean by that?

Thank you.

-- Shamil


Fri, 4 Apr 2014 11:51:08 -0600 (MDT) from Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca>:
>Hi Shamil:
>
>Now that is very good news...it was about time. I like this new guy, Satya Nadella.
>
>Aside: It took about two of weeks just to get Mono to stay stable and then attach a functional GUI...this should have been announced sooner. ;-) 
>
>Jim
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" < mcp2004 at mail.ru >
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>Sent: Friday, April 4, 2014 8:39:26 AM
>Subject: [dba-Tech] FYI: "Microsoft is turning over a new leaf".
>
> Hi All,
>
>They finally did it. Isn't it too late?
>
>http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/microsoft-open-source-dot-net-foundation-roslyn-winjs
>
>See also:
>
>http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/
>
>http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/roslyn.aspx
>
>http://readwrite.com/2014/04/03/winjs-microsoft-javascript-library-framework-github
>
>
>-- 
>Салахетдинов Шамиль
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