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Re:Introducing .NET Standard by rch on Monday September 26, 2016 @01:49PM (#12583964)
I get that you can jump through certain hoops to make cross-platform development possible, but the applications I've seen are 'all-in' with MS (even to the point of inappropriately depending on system services like ftp). Portability simply isn't the norm, and it's disingenuous to claim otherwise.
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Re:Introducing .NET Standard by sjellis on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @08:24AM (#12589049)
Yes, please let's not try to revise history. I've seen Microsoft evangelists play games like this, and IMO it's a terrible way to promote your preferred platform. .NET Core will stand on it's own merits, it doesn't gain from inaccurate statements about the past.
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Re:Introducing .NET Standard by MichaelGG on Tuesday September 27, 2016 @11:45AM (#12590453)
The actual design and standard are designed to be multiplatform. You can see it in a lot APIs, like Environment.NewLine -- not needed if you only target Windows.

MS released Rotor as a proof of concept. It's just an argument over implementations, which were admittedly lacking. And the standard parts are smaller than the whole .net bits MS shipped.

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