In .NET, open source does not beget open source

Re:In .NET, open source does not beget open source by hkarthik on Monday January 09, 2012 @02:34PM (#3443898)

OSS authors that write apps in C++ have complained about nearly the exact same problems and often ignore Windows completely for many of the same reasons.

I think the only viable approach for cross platform OSS on .NET is to take a Mono-first approach and then package for Windows developers in a subsequent step using NuGet.

It's kind of a backwards approach by targeting 10% of the market first then later targeting the 90%, but it's likely the only way to ensure cross platform OSS when you choose to use .NET.

That being said, I don't miss .NET at all. Dip your toe in other frameworks, you'll find it's much more conducive to OSS work.

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Re:In .NET, open source does not beget open source by MartinCron on Monday January 09, 2012 @02:42PM (#3443927)

It's not really backwards to tackle the hard problems first to prove they can be solved, but it is counter-intuitive. Thanks for this tip.

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Re:In .NET, open source does not beget open source by aaaaaaaaaaa on Monday January 09, 2012 @04:05PM (#3444252)

you are wrong, imbecil la puta que te pario

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Re:In .NET, open source does not beget open source by zem on Monday January 09, 2012 @10:46PM (#3445566)

yep, I was bitten by that when trying to port a (fortunately rather small) ocaml program to windows. needed a bit of rewriting to replace dependencies that simply didn't work under windows. of course, the rewritten code was perfectly cross-platform.

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