Smith and some other corporate IT managers said Novell's purchase of Ximian won't necessarily lend any additional credibility to its work. "That in itself poses a considerable challenge for Novell/Ximian." "To remain relevant, Mono will need to incorporate these new security features and a vast array of other. It will also consider Mono to run the applications on Linux - but only if that technology also matures, he said. Net development environment once it matures in three to five years, particularly in the area of Web services security. Walt Smith, chief architect at a large U.S.-based financial institution, said his company will consider the. Currently, 15 Novell employees and about 150 open-source community members work on Mono, he said.īut some corporate users said they aren't sure they will consider using Mono unless the community can keep up. He said the community will need to rally more developers to get involved. The greater challenge facing Mono will be catching up with the APIs Microsoft plans to add with the next version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, around 2006, said de Icaza. When a large code contribution arrives, a third party reviews the changes to make sure it didn't come from Rotor, he said. It's as easy as that," de Icaza said, adding that his group recognized the need to be on solid legal footing with its work. "We have a rule: If you look at Rotor, you cannot contribute to Mono. For example, he said, Microsoft wanted Mono developers to use Rotor, Microsoft's free shared-source implementation of its Common Language Runtime platform, which includes source code for C# and JScript compilers as well as for the Common Language Infrastructure.
No matter what Microsoft's current position is, Miguel de Icaza, chief technology officer for Novell's Ximian division, is well aware that customers have worries in the wake of The SCO Group Inc.'s lawsuit against IBM.ĭe Icaza said Mono developers have been very careful about integrating code from third parties.
Net Framework via the European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA) and the International Standards Organization. Microsoft refused repeated requests for comment about its position on Mono, saying only that it has worked with partners to standardize parts of the. "Microsoft is under siege from the whole idea of Linux, so why wouldn't they try to derail Mono's success?" "Mono is open-source, but Microsoft would step forward and kill it if there was any real threat to their business model," said Ethan Roberts, a development architect at General Casualty Insurance Company of Wisconsin in Sun Prairie. Net and Microsoft's potential to derail the Mono project. Several expressed concern about Novell's spotty track record with acquisitions, the developer community's uphill climb in keeping pace with changes to. However, corporate developers are following Mono with some trepidation.
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