Re: Sale on Visual Studio from Bleeping Computer

On 25 May 2024 05:04:28 GMT, rbowman wrote:

On Sat, 25 May 2024 03:25:11 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
 

There is the question of why it had to be built on Electron, instead of
using Microsoft’s own Dotnet framework--wasn’t that cross-platform
enough?

 
There are some attempts in the works but you can't build GUIs on Linux
with .NET.  Even MAUI omits Linux.
 
That's one area where the various choices bite Linux on the butt.

Seems like it’s actually biting Dotnet on the bum. Microsoft clearly
prioritizes Linux support over Dotnet.