Feb 21, 2005

Let's reactivate this... Mono embedded on hardware

I'll be working on a large project that needs some pretty complex logic piece inside some embedded hardware (based on XScale).

I started thinking of using Java but now I'm inclined to use Mono instead.


The main reason, beyond my personal preferences as I've been a Mono Hacker for years now, is that I need a royalty free solution and, AFAIK, GNU Classpath and open/free JVMs aren't complete enough for what I need to do, that would require something like Tomcat 5 + iText + some free implementation of Secure XML Web Services.

Mono at the other hand is not fully ported to ARM/XScale... :(

Some hard work lies in my path ahead, I'm quite sure...

Oct 5, 2004

RSS: The Ultimate Opt-In Solution

RSS: The Ultimate Opt-In Solution Shows a wonderfully simple idea, with many benefits: RSS feeds instead of emails as THE channel for sending periodic private information from companies (like banks) to clients. Point-to-point scheduled transmission (over secure protocols if needed), so it's by construction SPAM free...

May 5, 2004

Mono Beta 1 is out now

Things are getting shape with the release of the Mono Beta 1 on the road to version 1.0 - It's a pity that my MonoBASIC compiler is just packaged as a preview because I'm a lazy developer...

Apr 26, 2004

Aha! Found a list of Open Source Agent Systems Written In Java

http://www.manageability.org/blog/stuff/open-source-agent-java/view

Something to check and find what is good to port to a Mono-based agent architeture. I'm just thinking if I'll stick to my dear C# or will give Charming Boo (a new language, yet to be unwrapped) a chance on it.