Comment It's the IDE not the OS (Score 2, Interesting) 493
For those of you who do not use an IDE to write code I can see why you'd embrace mono. But:
Without Visual Studio.NET I would never have learned C#.
Without Visual Studio 6.0 and prior I would never have learned Visual Basic.
Without Eclipse I would never have learned Java.
Without an integrated IDE for each of the above languages my productivity would be so low as to render my consulting practice null and void.
For main stream adoption of mono - how will the mono developers address this lack of a quality useful IDE for writing C# on linux/mac?
And as an aside, when the perceived ROI on mono begins to dwindle what will stop Novell from pulling the plug on funding? All those mono engineers have to feed their kids too and how will they make money quiting Novell and dedicating all their time writing code for a free non-paying mono product?
Without Visual Studio.NET I would never have learned C#.
Without Visual Studio 6.0 and prior I would never have learned Visual Basic.
Without Eclipse I would never have learned Java.
Without an integrated IDE for each of the above languages my productivity would be so low as to render my consulting practice null and void.
For main stream adoption of mono - how will the mono developers address this lack of a quality useful IDE for writing C# on linux/mac?
And as an aside, when the perceived ROI on mono begins to dwindle what will stop Novell from pulling the plug on funding? All those mono engineers have to feed their kids too and how will they make money quiting Novell and dedicating all their time writing code for a free non-paying mono product?
