dragon4spy Posted January 12, 2004 Posted January 12, 2004 Hi everyone! Does Microsoft allow us to create and distribute our own VB.Net IDE instead of using Visual Studio.Net? Is it legal or not to do so? Because we can download .net framework SDK for free, write vb.net code in our own IDE, and then we can compile our code using the free SDK. Quote Don't judge a man by his look. Don't judge a book by its cover. :D
*Experts* Merrion Posted January 12, 2004 *Experts* Posted January 12, 2004 They do indeed....drop us a note when you're done ;-) Quote Printer Monitor for .NET? - see Merrion Computing Ltd for details
dragon4spy Posted January 12, 2004 Author Posted January 12, 2004 (edited) Yes! Sure i am :D Somebody has told me that VB is monopoly, thus i thought that on no account must it be cloned or recreated. I'm glad that it could be done without any laws trouble. :cool: Edited January 12, 2004 by dragon4spy Quote Don't judge a man by his look. Don't judge a book by its cover. :D
Leaders Iceplug Posted January 12, 2004 Leaders Posted January 12, 2004 I wouldn't see why there would be a legal restriction on making a .NET IDE, since you can write VB.NET code in Notepad and just save it as a .vb file :). It's just text. The compilers, however, *could be* what they'd get you for. Quote Iceplug, USN One of my coworkers thinks that I believe that drawing bullets is the most efficient way of drawing bullets. Whatever!!! :-(
Administrators PlausiblyDamp Posted January 12, 2004 Administrators Posted January 12, 2004 http://www.go-mono.com/mbas.html - there already exists a 3rd party VB compiler. A lot of work still needs to be done though.... Quote Posting Guidelines FAQ Post Formatting Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them. -- Albert Einstein
samsmithnz Posted January 12, 2004 Posted January 12, 2004 I understood that all you're paying for in Visual Studio.Net is the actual IDE, which includes all the debugging tools, code coloring, tasks, line numbers, integration with VSS and other tools, Intellisense, etc, etc. Basically all the stuff that helps to make things QUICKLY. I can understand people wanting to create their own IDE if they were poor, but once you're working, and your company provides you with a enterprise Ed. of Visual Studio... the point for me is lost anyway. Quote Thanks Sam http://www.samsmith.co.nz
Moderators Robby Posted January 12, 2004 Moderators Posted January 12, 2004 I can understand people wanting to create their own IDE if they were poor... This would place you in a catch-22 position, You'll always remain poor spending your time developing a new IDE. :) Quote Visit...Bassic Software
*Experts* Bucky Posted January 12, 2004 *Experts* Posted January 12, 2004 Haha Robby, good point. :) Iceplug, how could they get for for compiling if it's a feature built into the .NET framework? There's no reason it shouldn't be perfecty legal, just look at SharpDevelop. Quote "Being grown up isn't half as fun as growing up These are the best days of our lives" -The Ataris, In This Diary
*Gurus* divil Posted January 13, 2004 *Gurus* Posted January 13, 2004 The compilers are part of the .NET framework distribution. Nobody will complain about you writing your own IDE that uses the compilers that are part of the framework. Quote MVP, Visual Developer - .NET Now you see why evil will always triumph - because good is dumb. My free .NET Windows Forms Controls and Articles
Leaders Iceplug Posted January 13, 2004 Leaders Posted January 13, 2004 Iceplug, how could they get for for compiling if it's a feature built into the .NET framework? I thought I edited my post to say "but I doubt it.". But anyway, I figured not, since compilers are remade all of the time. Quote Iceplug, USN One of my coworkers thinks that I believe that drawing bullets is the most efficient way of drawing bullets. Whatever!!! :-(
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