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Weblog:   The future of Mono!
Subject:   Why not Java
Date:   2005-01-17 03:11:25
From:   ShockeyK
Response to: Why not Java

Here are two reasons and the first one is a biggie. Java is not open source. Not matter how "open" the community process might be, Java is a risk for international software development shops. And two, if we are talking about a .NET development shop, Java involves changing religions. It will be a more difficult transition and involve re-training and ramp-up time. C# to Mono does not.
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  • Why not Java
    2005-01-17 05:57:04  rjstreet [Reply | View]

    I'm sorry to break this to you, but I've worked for a number of multi-nationals and I'll tell you - they don't care if its "true" open source or not. Factors like support, cost of ownership and existing investments go quite a bit further. Mono is good, but there's nothing there to really push Java out of the way - and that's what they really need. Large corporations need more than the capability to move to a new technology, they need a reason.
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