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I maintain that the distraction of their obviously impressive abilities towards Mono was a blow to desktop Linux that curtailed its rising popularity. IMO, Mono
by TheRealDunkirk 3y ago
I maintain that the distraction of their obviously impressive abilities towards Mono was a blow to desktop Linux that curtailed its rising popularity. IMO, Mono -- without support WinForms -- has been nothing more than a curiosity for the Linux world until the advent of .NET proper, and I say that as someone who has used it more than once to compile bespoke Windows programs for both Mac and Linux.
- TillE 3y agoIt's a little sad how Mono is dead, ironically killed by Microsoft not in a malicious way, but just because they open sourced their own superior product. Even Xamarin is finally on its way out, replaced by .NET MAUI. Mono did have an important impact, but it was mostly with games, especially Unity.
- olau 3y agoThe impression I got over the years is that perhaps de Icaza was actually less interested in the Linux desktop and more interested in language technology, starting with CORBA, and then when Microsoft released C#/.NET, he shifted to that and started Mono. I guess what I'm trying to say is that you probably really can't blame Microsoft.