Posted by sachac on 05:37:00 09-05-2001
*sigh* Yes, well, unavoidable.
Who else is doing .NET here? I could use some discussion.
Posted by fsvara on 08:06:00 09-05-2001
Heh, I certainly don't, but I guess you could just explain us what all that .NET stuff is all about? I guess a lot of us would like to know...
I have read very little concrete info, so I have the impression that it's just the shareholder-friendly name of some obscure new buisness tactic.
What intrigues me however, is Microsoft agreeing to help Ximian with its Mono project. Microsoft helping Ximian? Now if that doesn't sound suspect.
Posted by Peter on 08:15:00 09-05-2001
Hm, casts some bad light upon Ximian.....
Posted by fsvara on 14:37:00 09-05-2001
No, heh, it makes you wonder what Microsoft is up to...
Microsoft contacted Ximian on their own... The Mono project is "free software .NET implementation"
Posted by Peter on 21:20:00 09-05-2001
hm, I am still a bit confused about what the heck .NET is supposed to be. If I would get my lazy ass to microsoft.com or similar I would find out I guess
Posted by fsvara on 09:03:00 09-06-2001
probably not, the microsoft site is a complete mess
Posted by Peter on 12:04:00 09-06-2001
no shit . anyhow I'm sure I would find something somewhere.. I will look now
Posted by -KEN- on 23:10:00 12-27-2001
I do C# (it's actually a really nice language, give it a shot)
What .NET basically is:
It's a platform. It allows you to run programs made targeting the .NET framework in a CRL (Common Runtime Language). This way you can actually use a class written in VB, and modified in C++ in a C# program. Or written in C++, modified in C#, and call it in a VB program. whatever your heart desires. It's got many uses, and you can find more info here: http://www.microsoft.com/net/whitepapers.asp
See? the MS website isn't a mess
Posted by KaGez on 04:23:00 12-28-2001
1) Is that true that M$ helps Ximian with the Mono project? I still can't belive it, that M$ gets it's huge ass over to help Ximian with a _Open Source_ project ... I mean, M$ has the "most closed" sources in this world, so why the heck do they want to help with a Open Source project? sounds stragne to me :/
2) and yes, as fsvara sai, the M$ page is a whole mess took me about 3 hours to find some information how to do stuff with OpenGL... that was in MSDN tho... But I always have my problems getting around on the M$ page
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Posted by Yjo on 21:32:00 04-06-2002
wow, it just took me 8 seconds to find the opengl platform sdk on the msdn site.
Posted by KaGez on 03:27:00 04-07-2002
I wasn't searching for the SDK... you can get the SDK everywhere
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Posted by Yjo on 12:22:00 04-07-2002
you've got the sdk and you're looking for information on how to do GL stuff in doze?
...huh?
Posted by MoX on 19:59:00 04-07-2002
KaGez was probably searching for documentation on how to use OpenGL with the SDK...
This .NET seems to be quite cool, if it really works. But I just can't understand how it converts for example my C++ code to VB code. What happens to my comments? And how can it be the same thing after the conversion? I mean, C++ and VB work differently so is really _every_ conversion possible?
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Posted by Error404 on 20:28:00 04-07-2002
I know why M$ is helping in a open source project. First they see how skilled open source progs are and then take the code back to headquarters to analyze and use it for their own closed source progs.
Posted by Yjo on 23:56:00 04-07-2002
The SDK basically IS documentation.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/opengl/openglstart_9uw5.asp
Posted by KaGez on 11:03:00 04-08-2002
ok, then show me where you can see in the SDK how to use those multi-texturing functions...
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