Novell unites open source divide
Novell unites open source divide
Novell has released a new open source solution that allows developers to build and deploy .NET applications across Linux, Unix and Windows operating systems.
Mono 1.0 Beta 1, is an open source version of Microsoft.NET, and will provide end-users with the ability to span multiple operating systems with a single programming model, which is extremely useful since most companies use Windows, Linux and Unix systems.
Novell inherited the Mono project after it acquired open source software maker Ximian last year.
Novell claims that the project provides a superior development environment for writing Linux applications with unprecedented productivity and it allows developers to write rich client, web services and server-side applications and deploy them on Linux, NetWare, Mac Os and Windows.
In addition, tools are included to facilitate the creation of product APIs and SDKs that are language dependent across multiple operating systems.
The Mono project is a direct rival to Microsoft's .Net Framework, which only makes available .Net code for the Windows operating system, because it takes advantage of Microsoft's published .Net specifications to re-create the environment for Linux and Unix.
Novell also has future plans to create improved versions of Mono that will give developers tools for building graphical user interfaces, for Linux or Unix .Net applications.
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