Why I Felt the Need to Write This Book
Open Source is such a hotly debated topic today; at the same time, .NET is seeing unbelievably rapid acceptance as the programming platform of choice. As Microsoft creates its first Open Source project and many prominent Open Source teams rush to implement standards created by Microsoft, I felt a great necessity for this book. Running code created by Microsoft development tools on a Linux machine or including an Open Source component in your proprietary product are indeed worth noting. Admittedly, this book focuses on a uniquely overlapping portion of the software industry that somewhat blurs the line between Open Source and Microsoft. Ignoring a small minority of advocates within these two camps (having worked with Microsoft employees as well as Mono guyssome of who reviewed this book), I really believe there is not as much adversity as the press would indicate. Both sides have learned from each other, just like true rivals scoping out the competition at a big tradeshow or those closed-door sessions where a competitor's product is examined under a microscope and torn apart. Many Open Source projects are created using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, and some of the Open Source projects featured in this book are meant to be plug-ins to VS.NET! Do not confuse the features of the various development tools or components with the features of the .NET platform itself. The true power of .NET is found in the standards. |
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