[Info-vax] Microsoft joins Linux foundation / Google embraces .NET

[Dirk Munk]

Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 11/18/2016 6:56 AM, IanD wrote:
>> ok, so not strictly VMS news as such but I think it warrants a post
>> because it signifies some trends VMS might do well to note
>>
>> Opensource is only going to grow in predominance and .NET is going to
>> probably get quite a leg up with Google embracing it
>>
>> Everyone suddenly wants to talk and interact with everyone else and
>> play nice
>
> I don't think everybody want to play nice, but the the enemies are
> changing over time.
>
> Linux is not a major enemy for MS any longer.
>
> Now a day MS is more worried about Amazon AWS and
> the Google and Facebook web dominance.
>
>> I mentioned .NET and VMS many posts ago as a way to perhaps lever VMS
>> development in some way onto the visual studio development platform.
>> .NET is not just about MS, it has indirect ties to mono which will
>> probably get sucked back into .NET proper and Google will add their
>> spin also now
>
> A .NET Core port to VMS would certainly be interesting.
>
> Not sure about how realistic it is. The business case may
> be tricky.
>
>> I'm left wondering how much love there is still out there for Java as
>> a deployment language versus .NET going forward, long term. I know
>> Oracle caused a lot of folk to look for ways to escape Java with
>> their handling of the language
>
> Practically no changes in that area.
>
> Yes - there has been some concerns about Java EE version 8
> becoming delayed.
>
> But companies do not drop Java because they think the
> release of Java EE 8 is slipping too much.
>
>>                                so I'm wondering if Google are looking
>> for a way to move beyond Java as well, long term, especially since MS
>> open sourced .NET
>
> Google certainly does not love Oracle after a few meetups
> in court.
>
> But replacing Java would be a huge task and cost a fortune.
>
> Arne
>
Android is based on Java........