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Announcing the Windows Compatibility Pack for .NET Core

• oblio 9y ago
  Smart move. Stuff like this helps ensure the long term viability of .NET, as Windows mind share goes down.
  • lloydatkinson 9y ago
    > as Windows mind share goes down. These quotes always amuse me. Maybe in your particular developer bubble this might be true, but in the real world its Windows everywhere.
    • oblio 9y ago
      I'm not in Silicon Valley and I've worked on Windows my entire career (Linux on servers). Windows is now just one part of the IT scenery. We, developers, live in the bubble. Many people will never use Windows for more than a few hours in their lives.
      • hungerstrike 9y ago
        > Windows is now just one part of the IT scenery. It always has been. > We, developers, live in the bubble. And the vast majority of developers are still on Windows. What does that tell you? > Many people will never use Windows for more than a few hours in their lives. Many people will never own physical gold in their lives. It must be worthless.
      • maxxxxx 9y ago
        How many non developers are not on Windows?
        • jimsmart 9y ago
          Would you be surprised to know that not all Mac owners are developers? </sarcasm>
        • beagle3 9y ago
          70% of internet resources are delivered on mobile phones or tablets these days - a market in which Microsoft has negligible foothold.
• atesti 9y ago
  Is the source code on github? I wonder what technology they plan to use for system.drawing on Linux
  • benaadams 9y ago
    Yep https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/tree/master/pkg/Microsoft.Windows.Compatibility https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/tree/master/pkg/Microsoft.W...