Re: What platform can .NET be run on, other than Windows? -- MIDRANGE-JOBS

The .Net envionment is designed to be platform independent. Read thisexcerpt:

The design of the .NET Framework is such that it supports platformindependence. That is, a program written to use the framework should runwithout change on any type of computer for which the framework isimplemented. At present, Microsoft has implemented the full framework onlyon the Windows operating system. Microsoft and others have implementedportions of the framework on non-Windows systems, but to date thoseimplementations are not widely used.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Framework

So .net is staged to run on non-windows I expect to see other platformssoon. In fact, oneof my recent contracts involved developing a customer service app for afortune 100 bank that

combined .net with java using web services.

From: rob@xxxxxxxxx
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Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:23:27 -0500

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Not be tied to one platform, therefore adopt .NET?
What platform can .NET be run on, other than Windows?

Rob Berendt
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Wake up everybody!

There was a book: Decline and Fall of the American Programmer that spoke
about
the situation that many IT professionals are facing.

He mentioned the shift of corporation workforce to outsourcing, and the
fact
that many
corporations which resided in USA would be bought and relocated to
countries
outside of
the USA. Next, the Global economy would affect the It market for American
programmers.

Nobody, believed this could happen, but it has and will continue into the
future.

So, what can we do? We have to become diversified in our IT skills.
Furthermore, we must
learn skills that are not tied to a specific platform like the AS400.

.Net, C++, object oriented software development, web, database, and web
services in particular can be used on many different platforms. These
skills
are marketable.

American programmer have gone from the preferred employee to one of many
competing
for IT jobs. Employers can virtually look worldwide for talent. They are
no
longer tied to looking only
in the USA. The american programmer must compete for his job now.

-MJ

>From: David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: Re: Midrange Jobs National Discussion
>Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:42:34 -0600
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>Tyra wrote:
> > So after 26 years in the industry my choices are to learn a new
> > language and operating system and then hope that those jobs aren't
> > outsourced in 5 years.  Its not worth it to me at this point.
>
>This kind of thing kind of baffles me ... as an information technology
>professional, I consider it to be part and parcel of my job to learn new
>technology, languages, operating systems, etc.
>
>Yes, I'm a computer geek ... I *ENJOY* playing with hardware and
>software in my spare time.  And, honestly, I seriously doubt I would
>have nearly as much value to my current employer if I didn't play with
>technology.
>
>Of course, I also saw the writing on the wall ... non-homogeneous system
>integration was, and is, the wave of the future ... and if don't at
>least UNDERSTAND what the other systems are doing, you are going to be
>at a serious disadvantage.
>
>david
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