Absolutely. Like I said, I also program for enjoyment and C# is my language of choice for nearly all projects. All my work is open source.
I was referring only to the corporate benefit fo Microsoft keeping .NET. On 6/21/2011 7:14 PM, Katherine Moss wrote:
But is it valid to use .net for enjoyment and then contribute to the open source community? I see it that way that there are many open source projects that need folks, so I want to be able to get to them.*From:*programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Christopher Coale*Sent:* Tuesday, June 21, 2011 10:11 PM *To:* programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx*Subject:* Re: Windows 8, could .net loyalists be losing out? I'd like some opinions on this if you guys don't mindThat's understandable. I program for enjoyment as well; however, corporations do not. The programmers may enjoy what they do, but the corporate entity is in it for the money -- that's it. So .NET was not invented by Microsoft to give hobbyist programmers a fun thing to do, it was invented because it created profit for Microsoft. So, just keep that in mind. Microsoft will not (any company would not) throw away a product that is working extremely well for one that is untested in the marketplace (i.e. it may not have a warm reception, and then Microsoft would be totally screwed).On 6/21/2011 6:59 PM, Katherine Moss wrote:I guess you're right, and though I'm more of somebody who wants to learn programming for enjoyment rather than for profit, I guess I'm falling into the same trap.*From:*programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Christopher Coale*Sent:* Tuesday, June 21, 2011 9:53 PM*To:* programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Subject:* Re: Windows 8, could .net loyalists be losing out? I'd like some opinions on this if you guys don't mindI dislike that article. Think about this logically, first. If Microsoft were to drop support for .NET, that also means they would have to drop support for WPF, Zune/Mobile applications and games, Xbox 360 user games and XNA, many components from Visual Studio 2010 as well as all of the .NET languages they have heavily invested money and time into. Even if you can't think about it logically, think about it logistically. You really think that Microsoft would drop -multiple- and very welcomed development environments in which they have invested millions of dollars and many hours, only for it to be replaced by a "development platform" that has not even been tested in the marketplace? Come on... look at the history of Microsoft as well. When .NET first came out, Microsoft gradually released it -- it didn't totally trump the Windows API. Look at WPF -- WPF did not totally trump WinForms, and it was gradually released. Microsoft is not stupid enough to suddenly and totally drop support for such a popular and widely used platform.On 6/21/2011 5:52 PM, Sina Bahram wrote: http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2011/06/html5-centric-windows-8-leaves-microsoft-developers-horrified.ars enjoy take care, Sina*From:*programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Christopher Coale*Sent:* Tuesday, June 21, 2011 6:01 PM*To:* programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Subject:* Re: Windows 8, could .net loyalists be losing out? I'd like some opinions on this if you guys don't mindWhat do you mean Microsoft would let .NET die? .NET is one of their larger endeavors, and is now as popular as (if not more popular than) Java. So, for Microsoft to just let .NET die would be an absolutely moronic move on their part. .NET isn't going anywhere anytime soon...On 6/21/2011 2:57 PM, Katherine Moss wrote: Hello all,I was just reading a thread that has been since locked over at Silverlight.net. I was wondering what you folks think in terms of who's telling the truth when it comes to Windows 8. You think it's the MS folks, or do you think that they will just let .net and Silverlight die? Thanks.
