Open-Source .NET Fans Push Its New Foundation

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Open-Source .NET Fans Push Its New Foundation

This year at Microsoft's Build Developer Conference a .NET Foundation was announced to steward the "open-source technologies for .NET" While many open-source fans aren't too enthusiastic about .NET in any capacity, the .NET Foundation is beginning to move forward...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTgxNDQ

[jrch2k8]

C++11 and Qt5 anyday over .NET/Java/etc.

[ClosureSpin]

C++11 and Qt5 anyday over .NET/Java/etc.

I'm trying to find a purpose to your post other than starting a flamewar and I cannot see any.

No substance or arguments (as this debate could ever be constructive anyway), just blind pushing of your own preferences.

[Drago]

C++11 and Qt5 anyday over .NET/Java/etc.

Really? How about Go + QML?

[clavko]

I'll have to agree with ClosureSpin on this one. There is nothing that is
inherently wrong/right with .NET and/or C#. It certainly has its merits,
and the documentation is unprecedented, not to mention developer cost.
Opensource does not have to use assembler to be opensource

[somini]

I'll have to agree with ClosureSpin on this one. There is nothing that is
inherently wrong/right with .NET and/or C#. It certainly has its merits,
and the documentation is unprecedented, not to mention developer cost.
Opensource does not have to use assembler to be opensource

Jerkass Has a Point though. WinForms on Linux is still a mess.

[Luke_Wolf]

Jerkass Has a Point though. WinForms on Linux is still a mess.

Then use GTK# or Xwt or in the near future QtSharp. Given how easy C# makes separating your core from your UIs, if a project is open source it's kind of silly to whine about GUI toolkits. I personally look forward to mixing C# and Qt/QML though.

[jokeyrhyme]

At least the DotNetFoundation forums are running Discourse. Crufty old PHP-based forums with 90's UX (like this one) give me hives.

[uid313]

I love C# and .NET, it is awesome!

I also code in Java, Python, PHP, etc. But C# is my favorite language.

[clavko]

Jerkass Has a Point though. WinForms on Linux is still a mess.

Agreed, but as someone said, there is GTK# and others. Also, GUI is a very small part
of .NET framework, there is a plethora of great, useable libraries.

Finally, somehow I think him mentioning .NET and Java together and comparing them
to Qt has something to do with their VM "heritage", rather than GUI. But I might be wrong.