Ask HN: Which changes to expect after “.net” goes open source?

Re:Ask HN: Which changes to expect after “.net” goes open so... by custardcream on Thursday November 13, 2014 @02:24AM (#8600349)

Not much. People who don't use it will find significant entrenchment in what they already have. Its not easy to switch to. People who do use it may see a cost reduction with cheaper deployment platforms and cheaper tools.

There may be a few people who pull bits of it in but I suspect that bad memories and some of the real nasty portability problems (perf counters, COM, services, registry, config, iis tie in etc) will be a lot of friction and a barrier to entry.

(I say this as someone who writes c# for a living)

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Re:Ask HN: Which changes to expect after “.net” goes open so... by Someone on Thursday November 13, 2014 @03:37AM (#8600515)

Yes, it will be interesting to see what is stronger: the lure to run cheaper without Windows/SQL Server/IIS, or the force that holds one back (which also, for now, includes the uncertainty about performance on other OSes)

I guess Microsoft thinks the lure will not be large enough for many of their customers. Alternatively, they feel they have to do this because governments and large customers ask for solutions where a realistic tender is possible.

Someone could change that by providing a de facto standard compatibility environment or automated porting system, though. Microsoft could do that, too, but I do not think they have changed that much (yet?)

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Re:Ask HN: Which changes to expect after “.net” goes open so... by custardcream on Thursday November 13, 2014 @03:44AM (#8600525)

Always price. That's the biggest driver for adoption ever.

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