Gnome to be based on .NET [The Register]

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Feb. 02, 2002

Writing at The Register, Andrew Orlowski asks: "How much do you love Microsoft's .NET? Enough to trust your Gnome applications to its APIs in the future?" Orlowski spoke with Gnome leader Miguel de Icaza at LinuxWorld, and learned that de Icaza feels that .NET has a lot to offer Gnome. Orlowski writes . . .

"That's what Gnome leader Miguel de Icaza, believes should happen. Miguel calls .NET the 'natural upgrade' for the Gnome platform, and enthused about the technology in an interview with us at LinuxWorld this week. Basing Gnome on the .NET APIs will cut development time significantly,

"He also had praise for the new Microsoft security model, dismissed the notion that Redmond was employing embrace and extend to its web services protocols, and put the message that the community should get over its beef with The Beast."

" 'I'd like to see Gnome applications written in .NET in version 4.0 -- no, version 3.0. But Gnome 4.0 should be based on .NET,' he told us . . ."

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