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Subject: Re: KDE Development with Mono/C#
From: "=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Alexis_M=E9nard?=" <menard () kde ! org>
Date: 2008-11-30 14:33:51
Message-ID: 81941aea0811300633xe404fd8we4b42fe808a848c9 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Matthias Burtscher <
matthias.burtscher@gmx.at> wrote:

> Hello out there!
>
> Yesterday I had the pleasure to listen to speech on KDE4 (especially KDE
> 4.2 and future) again and I really like it. I think that KDE has much
> more potential to be the one future desktop on Linux. I'm saying this
> although I'm using Gnome (Ubuntu) mostly.
>
> But I am wondering why there is no approach to bring new technologies
> like Mono into KDE. I think it would be a much more developer friendly
> and also faster and cleaner way to build applications. And I think that
> most of you - who know the concept behind Mono/.Net - agree with this.

Depending on a closed company like Microsoft to have new APIs, new
technologies, new improvements is i think a bad point. Mono just implement
.Net APIs, this project has no creativity. Ok .Net is developer friendly,
yes but comparing to first point it is nothing. We have already a toolkit
with Qt which save us a bit from C++ crap. Gnome start to port their
applications to Mono, that is their choices. I don't want to start a
flameware here but i think it is a very bad idea.

*not completly neutral*
Another point is that the innvation in Qt is more faster than Mono.

>
>
> I know that there are QT bindings (Qyoto) for Mono/.Net, but I miss
> bindings/libraries for the KDE core. There isn't even any page on the
> KDE website which covers the topic of developing for KDE on Mono basis.
>

Having binding for non C++ developpers is a good point, but i guess that KDE
won't to push Mono more.

>
> Since I'm not the guru who has the know-how to create these libraries
> and bindings, I just want to know if there is any approach on providing
> such things or not.
>
> Best regards,
> Matthias
>
>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Matthias Burtscher \
&lt;<a \
href="mailto:matthias.burtscher@gmx.at">matthias.burtscher@gmx.at</a>&gt; \
wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, \
204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hello out there! 
 
Yesterday I had the pleasure to listen to speech on KDE4 (especially KDE 
4.2 and future) again and I really like it. I think that KDE has much 
more potential to be the one future desktop on Linux. I&#39;m saying this 
although I&#39;m using Gnome (Ubuntu) mostly. 
 
But I am wondering why there is no approach to bring new technologies 
like Mono into KDE. I think it would be a much more developer friendly 
and also faster and cleaner way to build applications. And I think that 
most of you - who know the concept behind Mono/.Net - agree with \
this.</blockquote><div> Depending on a closed company like Microsoft to have new \
APIs, new technologies, new improvements is i think a bad point. Mono just implement \
.Net APIs, this project has no creativity. Ok .Net is developer friendly, yes but \
comparing to first point it is nothing. We have already a toolkit with Qt which save \
us a bit from C++ crap. Gnome start to port their applications to Mono, that is their \
choices. I don&#39;t want to start a flameware here but i think it is a very bad \
idea. *not completly neutral* Another point is that the innvation in Qt is \
more faster than Mono. &nbsp;</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; \
padding-left: 1ex;"> 
 
I know that there are QT bindings (Qyoto) for Mono/.Net, but I miss 
bindings/libraries for the KDE core. There isn&#39;t even any page on the 
KDE website which covers the topic of developing for KDE on Mono basis. 
</blockquote><div> Having binding for non C++ developpers is a good point, but i \
guess that KDE won&#39;t to push Mono more. &nbsp;</div><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt \
0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> 
Since I&#39;m not the guru who has the know-how to create these libraries 
and bindings, I just want to know if there is any approach on providing 
such things or not. 
 
Best regards, 
Matthias 
 
 
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