c# or PHP?

[Brian Densmore]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Leo J Mauler
> On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 12:16:30 -0500 Bryan Richard writes:
>> I've received a bit of flak from people like Sterling 
>> Hughes b/c I don't really think that Mono is going 
>> to go anywhere. It's an interesting project and it's 
>> certainly quite a bit larger in scope and team than 
>> it was at this time last year but I honestly believe 
>> that MS could/can crush/outpace it.
>
> While this was kinda covered at the meeting last night, I'd just like to go 
> along with the guy at the meeting who pointed out that Mono helps M$ more 
> than it hurts M$, if only because its some outside company saying "hey M$!
> We're going to help M$ keep people interested in .NET, and it won't cost you
> a cent to go along with us!"
>
> M$ has more to gain from *not suing* than from suing Mono.
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While I don't like what M$ does with stuff like this, from a technical
standpoint .NET make a lot of sense. It also is something that I think 
will win out in the end if Linux/Java/OSS doesn't come up with it a
comparable technology. It will make coding much faster and less painstaking.
When it is all said and done the guy who can do the best job in the shortest 
space of time will win. It's a historical fact. In my opinion C# is M$'s
solution to take Java to the next level without using Java. Of course part
of C#s speed and functionality come from the fact it is tied into the OS.
So a successful Linux.NET is likely doomed from the start. At least to some
degree.