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What? Satya didn't invent .Net. The idea of .Net, like the JRE, was to write once and run everywhere. What's visionary about it? It's sad how so many articles
by basetop 7y ago
What? Satya didn't invent .Net. The idea of .Net, like the JRE, was to write once and run everywhere. What's visionary about it?
It's sad how so many articles and comments come off just pure PR now. Not saying your comment is, but I have to wonder how much of the "news", comments and internet content is now just PR.
- dtech 7y agoFor a very long time .Net was Windows only. That only changed after Balmer was gone and Satya came in.
- ygra 7y agoSome cross-platform considerations have been built into it from the start, though. And there has been an official open-source implementation on a non-Windows platform. Perhaps more to show that it's possible than as an actual usable artifact, but it was there.
- kevingadd 7y agoI think describing Mono as Official is a bit of a reach. AFAIK they benefited from the patent promise but that was about it until the acquisition. If you mean .NET Core as official open source, that's true, but it's a relatively recent thing.
- ygra 7y agoThere was Rotor on FreeBSD. Probably more a proof of concept, but it was there.
- tracker1 7y agoMono existed from very early on with .Net and the core was pretty compatible. I think when MS bought Xamarin, it finally got the attention it deserved, and really did go to help .Net Core take form.
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