[Westwales] Must I use .NET?

[Robert Savage]

Thanks Chaps,

The UK Sales Manager of the company appears to be anti Microsoft and 
stated that if I could suggest an alternative he would contact the 
manufacturer in Japan and request they implement another software 
version.  I will pass your comments on and see what he says.

Many thanks, I'll let you know the out come.

Bob

John Beisley wrote:
> It's probably not an entirely bad choice. Microsoft may have actually
> done a good thing in producing .NET. The .NET design itself is not
> tied to Windows, and Microsoft have actually encouraged the
> development of Mono (I believe).
>
> So unless they have something sneaky up their sleeves, or someone
> knows more about this than me (I don't know much)...
>
> - John
>
> On 18/12/2007, Keith Edmunds <kae at midnighthax.com> wrote:
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>> On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:48:32 +0000, bobsavage at ukfsn.org said:
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>>> The control software for a piece of equipment I am considering buying
>>> requires the .NET framework to be installed.  As I try to avoid any of
>>> Microsoft's scams to set their own standards I would rather use a non
>>> M/S alternative.
>>>       
>> It would be interesting to push back on the vendor with this point, and
>> see what they have to say.
>>
>> Keith
>>
>> --
>> Keith Edmunds
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