Re: Mono

["Everaldo Canuto" <everaldo simios org>]

Hi,

I am Everaldo and currently I am doing Mono packages for
Maemo/Nokia770, I am also a maintainer of maemo-sharp (mono bindings
for maemo libraries). I think that mono is a good solution and can be
considered, C# syntax is really attractive.

Here in Brazil when the only mobile device was palm, only few
solutions appears for this devices, after WinCE some developers try
but dont like the solutions to develop for mobile devices, now with
.NET a lot of people buy mobile devices and develop using this
platform, I see Mono as a open source solution for the people that
today thinks that develop for .NET is more easy and attractive than
use C and C++.

In my small maemo program, C#/Mono looks works well and now i noticed
about other people using it, some moments ago I play a memory game in
my N770 done in C# :-)

About NOVL/MSFT agreement,I am just a developer and as I dont know
about agreement content I am just worry about good tools to improve my
developments.

What is needed to Mono/C# be considered?

Everaldo.

On 5/7/07, Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org> wrote:
> <quote who="Mikkel Kruse Johnsen">
>
> > I can see that there are some Technologies Under Consideration but I don't
> > see C# (Mono) mentiond anywhere, is that not under consideration ?
> >
> > I think that C# could speed up the development for this platform. What is
> > people thoughts on this ?
>
> The thinking thus far on this front has roughly been:
>
>  * The platform as launched represented what's shipping and planned to ship
>    on production devices, so Mono didn't fit in with that definition.
>
>  * Almost all of the current GNOME Mobile development is happening in C/C++
>    due to the nature of the target platforms, so they are clearly the
>    priority.
>
>  * Mono is a can of worms that no one really wanted to open, because it
>    would distract people from the awesomeness of the project before we'd
>    demonstrated public success.
>
>  * Various community members are doing Mono-related development on mobile
>    and embedded devices, so perhaps something will come out of that (there
>    are builds for Maemo, etc).
>
> My own view is that Mono was firmly shoved back into limbo via the NOVL/MSFT
> agreement, and that unless there is a lot of pressure to support it from
> both community and commercial participants, we should continue to dodge that
> bullet.
>
> - Jeff
>
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