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Re:No-cost desktop software development is dead on Windows 8 by gouranga on Thursday May 24, 2012 @06:09PM (#4020846)
Same.

That says something about the portability and consistency of Java, rather than the ability of c#.

The reverse is not possible due to the platform lock in.

Re:No-cost desktop software development is dead on Windows 8 by reinhardt on Thursday May 24, 2012 @06:58PM (#4021024)
I'd expect Mono to be adequate for teaching purposes at least.