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Why is this guy being downvoted? Mobile development tools don't need to be tied to a desktop OS. Microsoft tauts Mono as a portable alternative. Let them releas
by mahmud 15y ago
Why is this guy being downvoted? Mobile development tools don't need to be tied to a desktop OS. Microsoft tauts Mono as a portable alternative. Let them release a WP7 SDK that works on Mono. The Java SDK is much richer & much more sophisticated, yet it has the same experience everywhere. Really, only differences between writing Android apps with Eclipse on Win32 vs Linux vs Mac are the window decorations.
Heck, even Postgres has portable tools. The GUI installer & PgAdminIII look exact everywhere.
- runjake 15y agoWhy is this guy being downvoted? Probably because he trolls Microsoft story submissions all the time.
- barista 15y agoAgree dev tools don't have to be tied to any OS and come to think about it, the fledgling Windows Phone OS will benefit if there are more people adopting the dev platform if it runs on Linux BUT you have to draw a line somewhere. realize that this is a new platform and they are trying to prioritize resources. What do you think will give Microsoft more bang for the buck? Supporting a platform that is will likely land them a dev or two or making their core platform kick-ass? I think we all know what the answer is.