Re: .Net vs Java

From: 7 (website_has_email_at_www.ecu.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 12/31/04 

Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 18:17:35 GMT

Moonraker wrote:

>
> After working extensively with .Net and Java, these are the differences I
> see:
>
> Java does not have Reflection.Emit
> But it does have Reflection.
>
> That's okay so far, because most programmers are too dumb to use
> Reflection.Emit.
>
> Visual Studio .net is the easiest way to create web services.
>
> Windows.Forms, while easy to create, are hopelessly behind other toolkits
> such as Swing and Gtk.

Have you tried Mono as replacement for .net?
Some of the 200 odd liveCDs that boot from CD
and run without having to install come with mono already working.
http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php
All free and done up techies with open source source code
to configure and modify to heart's content.

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