3 Jul
2008
3 Jul
'08
10:38 a.m.
Dave McGuire wrote:
On Jul 3, 2008, at 9:56 AM, Jules Richardson wrote:
That's the whole point of .NET. Proprietary lock-in is the only
reason Microsoft is in business today. Sleazy, but very effective.
In the case of
.NET, there's the whole Mono initiative
(http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page) which is an open source .NET
runtime on top of your favorite unix variants. C# and the CLR are
openly specified (ECMA/ISO). There's no particular reason that PERQemu
couldn't be compiled under Mono, but I haven't tried it.
Additionally, I plan on releasing the source to this once I get it to a
state I'm happy with. (The code right now is... ugly, let's say.) So
if you want to rewrite it in C or Fortran 77 or MIX you can feel free :).
Includes
all you need to get going. You'll need a Windows machine
with .NET Framework 2.0. (Yes, I hear the jeering from the peanut
gallery. Sorry I didn't write this for your OS. If you want to
help with a Mono port when I get this thing more finished, let me
know :))
:-)
Is it written in such a way that a port will be easy? (if it *needs*
.NET, maybe not! :-) Seconded!
Thanks :).
-Dave
--Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL