Will Mono Become the Preferred Platform for Linux Development? (O'ReillyNet) [LWN.net]

Will Mono Become the Preferred Platform for Linux Development? (O'ReillyNet)

Posted Mar 12, 2004 17:47 UTC (Fri) by mmarq (guest, #2332)
Parent article: Will Mono Become the Preferred Platform for Linux Development? (O'ReillyNet)

IMHO Mono want get it until is developed a Desktop shell replacement for Windows

Projects are starting to abound, like ( http://www.colinux.org/ ) for windows interoperability, but what about the most desktop logic ones ??

Like:
http://www.stardock.com/products/desktopx/
http://www.lighttek.com/talisman.htm
http://www.astonshell.com/aston/ss.htm
http://www.litestep.net/

Why there isnt already a Windows KDE or Gnome shell replacement ??...

Sure, its very much missed, common Icons, color engine, menu engine, fonts(?), window controls and basic dialogue widgets, (to name a few)...
...then we could have a common "Open-Source" toolkit meta-framework, and a common Windows shell replacment engine...

Then misture of windows based Machines and Linux based machines could have a common interface,... the windows leveling force will be faded away... and projects like Mono could rock, if M$ dont start(like before) a incompatibility or a litigation program...

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