[ale] best cross platform development evironment

[Lightner, Jeff]

Get over it?

In the first link is MS' "patent statement" that includes vague terms like "reasonable commercial fees" and "so long as...it meets standards".   Just the kind of thing that MS lawyers love because it allows them to decide at any time what is "reasonable" and what "meets standards".   

MS is NOT well known for adhering to standards.  Sun had to sue them over the way they were using Java back at the beginning of the decade.   They also aren't well known for making things truly interoperable with other systems until antitrust decisions like the ones in the EU force them to do it and even then they don't use the interoperability modes as defaults.

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of James Sumners
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 9:32 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] best cross platform development evironment

http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-334.htm
and
http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-335.htm

Get over it.

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 9:25 AM, Jeff Hubbs <jhubbslist at att.net> wrote:
> Seeing as he says he has concerns about Java...
>
> On 11/8/10 9:19 AM, James Sumners wrote:
>> Why not C# with .Net/Mono? Mono supports Winforms[1].
>>
>> [1] -- http://www.mono-project.com/Winforms
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Geoffrey Myers
>> <lists at serioustechnology.com>  wrote:
>>> Trying to decide on the best cross platform development environment.
>>> Right now, considering Java, C++ and QT.
>>>
>>> Concerns about Java because of who now owns it.
>>>
>>> Have to develop an application that will run on both Windows desktops
>>> and Linux desktops.
>>>
>>> Insights, suggestions?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Until later, Geoffrey
>
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