MonoDevelop is very similar to VS; although it would be nice if the .NET 
APIs had deeper integration into Ubuntu (such as screensavers, packaging 
systems, authentication, etc.). Although; MonoDevelop is still rapidly 
evolving into another great development platform for Ubuntu!

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From: "Faldegast" <email address hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 4:23 PM
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: RE: [Bug 1] Re: Microsoft has a majority market share

>
>> Mark,
>> You really need to make a task force for building a Visual Studio for 
>> Ubuntu.
>> THEN, this bug will be fixed . Just take a look at what Microsoft did.
>
> In general i think that we really need task forces in plural.
> There are a lot of overlapping projects. One example is that KDE and Gnome 
> should merge, at least when it comes to key technologies.
>
> 1. We need a standardized method for embedding objects. Like Java Beans
> and OLE/ActiveX in Windows. I mean how do you view a office document in
> a VS application, or create a PDF report? You find an ActiveX that can
> do it. KDE has KParts and Gnome has something similar, but we really
> need a standard for this. Or in other words we need a standard for
> Custom Controls. In OLE/ActiveX an object can be inproc (dynamically or
> statically linked) or out of proc (external server process that starts
> on demand). Also the app is totally oblivious to w
>
> 2. We need a visual editor that can create new Custom Controls, or
> design containers like forms/windows.
>
> The Lazarus FreePascal IDE is an interesting project.
>
> Another thing that we need is a good native database library. We have JDBC 
> and ADO.NET. Perhaps one of them could be ported to C/C++? We also have 
> PHP Data Objects that is quite nice and probably implemented in C, perhaps 
> the C code could be used to make a "C Data Objects"?
>
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>
> Bug description:
> Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace.
> This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix.
>
> Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, 
> restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and 
> limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, 
> globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry.
>
> Steps to repeat:
>
> 1. Visit a local PC store.
>
> What happens:
> 2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software 
> pre-installed.
> 3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed.
>
> What should happen:
> 1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like 
> Ubuntu.
> 2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and 
> benefits would be apparent and known by all.
> 3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes.
>
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