http://philippecohen.sys-con.com/ Latest News from Philippe Cohen en Copyright 2009 Ulitzer.com Ulitzer.com Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:19:30 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss 360 http://philippecohen.sys-con.com/node/452247 We all know and love the Microsoft Visual Studio IDE, but did you know that you can use it to create Web and server applications that run on open systems such as Solaris or Linux? Urix, a predictive modeling software company and Mainsoft customer since 2005, is doing just that. In January 2005, Urix migrated the development of its RiskSmart calculation engine from C to C#. RiskSmart consists of 150,000 lines of C# code and executes as a set of .NET assemblies, with no user interface, as part of a comprehensive solution for analyzing health care risks and associated costs.<p><a href="http://philippecohen.sys-con.com/node/452247" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:00:00 EDT http://philippecohen.sys-con.com/node/452247 http://philippecohen.sys-con.com/node/452247#feedback http://philippecohen.sys-con.com/node/318852 At first glance, it may sound like an impossible prospect for .NET developers to engage in cross-platform, open source development in the enterprise. Such a reality would be unfortunate, because many development teams enjoy the productivity inherent in using Visual Studio .NET and its wealth of tools for rapidly producing high-quality code. However, they would also like the ability to deploy on platforms other than Windows.<p><a href="http://philippecohen.sys-con.com/node/318852" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:30:00 EST http://philippecohen.sys-con.com/node/318852 http://philippecohen.sys-con.com/node/318852#feedback