Comments on When Will Microsoft Go Big On Virtual Worlds?TypePad2008-07-21T18:01:38ZSLHamlethttps://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2008/07/when-will-micro/comments/atom.xml/Melissa Yeuxdoux commented on 'When Will Microsoft Go Big On Virtual Worlds?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef00e553dba25688342008-07-28T18:14:46Z2008-07-28T18:14:46ZMelissa Yeuxdouxhttp://vidasegunda.blogspot.com/Though it's a controversial issue, there is a C# for Linux. Look up the Mono project.<p>Though it's a controversial issue, there is a C# for Linux. Look up the Mono project.</p>Danton Sideways commented on 'When Will Microsoft Go Big On Virtual Worlds?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef00e553b0f40888332008-07-22T15:56:56Z2008-07-22T15:56:56ZDanton Sidewayshttp://dantonsideways.blogspot.comI personally dislike Microsoft for their monopolistic practices, but all the computers I use run Windows, and most of them...<p>I personally dislike Microsoft for their monopolistic practices, but all the computers I use run Windows, and most of them run MS Office. This is a clear case of putting practical considerations ahead of ideological ones.</p>
<p>In like manner, the developers of OpenSim, who probably would have prefered to use something open like Linux, chose to write OpenSim in C# so that it could run under the Microsoft .NET runtime. The OpenSim developers did this in order to benefit from the advantages of using such a widely-known programming environment.</p>
<p>This also may be one explanation for the increasing presence of Microsoft developers in OpenSim: with the .NET runtime they find themselves completely in their own element.</p>anomouse commented on 'When Will Microsoft Go Big On Virtual Worlds?'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef00e553af253088332008-07-21T20:08:34Z2008-07-21T20:08:34Zanomouseheres to hopeing MS will buy out LL!!<p>heres to hopeing MS will buy out LL!!</p>