Re: FN-FORUM: help

date posted 5th February 2008 14:28


On 5 Feb 2008, at 14:54, Dom Latter wrote:

> On Tuesday 05 February 2008 15:19:19 Phillip Healey wrote:
>
>> Net can now be developed with FREE software developed by Microsoft
>
> Where is this free software from Microsoft that I can install on my
> Ubuntu
> workstation or our Debian server so that I can develop .Net?

I agree, if it only runs in Windows, then it's not exactly free.

>> Unless of course you argue that you'd rather give money to a
>> smaller(ish) Linux server development company than the mighty
>> Microsoft. In which case i can see your argument and actually
>> support it, as i myself normally prefer to give my money to local
>> shops than the likes of Tesco etc.

Also agree, I'll take a Linux server over a Windows one any day.

What I really like about PHP is that when PHP5 for example was coming
out, if there was something you didn't like about PHP4, or a new
feature you really wanted to add, you could get involved and make it
happen.

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