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____/ Homer on Saturday 12 July 2008 17:46 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Linonut spake thusly:
>> * Homer peremptorily fired off this memo:
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Tom Shelton spake thusly:
>>>> On 2008-07-11, Homer <usenet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>>>> http://slated.org/free_software_diseased_by_mono
>>>>
>>>> So, let me get this straight, a library written in C and licensed
>>>> under the GPL is unacceptable because it happened to be written
>>>> to support a Mono based application
>>>
>>> Yes.
>>
>> I would have thought Tom would be well-versed in the dangers of
>> dependencies.
>
> Even in the case of components that have no hard dependency on Mono, but
> are nonetheless designed exclusively to support it (or rather software
> created in that framework), those components are still furthering the
> goal of something that is potentially dangerous to Free Software.
>
> And that goes equally for DotGNU.
>
> And again, let me stress that this is /not/ so much about /patents/ as
> the /patentor/ (Microsoft, the self-declared enemy of Free Software).
>
> I find it difficult to believe that so many people have such a hard time
> consolidating the relationship between Microsoft's technology and their
> nefarious motives. It's not like Microsoft hasn't made it crystal clear.
It's being claimed that DotGNU just enables .NET apps to run on Linux (a matter
of migration, a la Mainsoft), whereas Mono has developed a culture around
MonoDevelop and the likes of it (sponsored by Novell). Many GNOME desktops
(complete ones) already use 'next-gen' apps like Beagle and Banshee (which
will support video too). I can envision a GNOME 4.0 where all the key apps *in
deployment* are .NET-based, but I hope to be found wrong.
De Icaza got the boot (no longer GNOME president) only after the controversies
last year (mainly OOXML-related). They tried to have him resigned quietly but
failed to keep it secret for all I can tell.
- --
~~ Best of wishes
"The danger is that Microsoft is using strategic monopolistic pricing in the
education market, with the government’s assistance, to turn our state
university systems into private workforce training programs for Microsoft."
--Nathan Newman
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