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Ubuntu may increase Mono-dependent apps
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| The next release of the popular Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution may include a
| third Mono-dependent application by default, a spokesman for Canonical, the
| parent company for Ubuntu, told iTWire today.
|
| [...]
|
| According to information available elsewhere, there has also been a proposal
| for the Ubuntu live CD to remove the well-known image manipulation program,
| Gimp, with the reasoning apparently beign that F-Spot can handle what the
| Gimp does.
|
| [...]
|
| Red Hat's community Linux distribution, Fedora, recently decided to jettison
| Mono altogether from its default install, and replace Tomboy with Gnote.
| There are fears in many sections of the FOSS community that Mono may prove to
| be a patent trap down the line as .NET is totally Microsoft technology.
|
| While some claim that it is possible to obtain a royalty-free, reasonable and
| non-discriminatory licence for the use of Microsoft patents which may be part
| of Mono, in reality, it is extremely difficult to even find out how one can
| do so.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/25900/1231/
When a Microsofter [1] runs your operations, then Microsoft poison [2] is only
to be expected.
Microsoft and FOSS: Uneasy Bedfellows
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| There was some inconclusive discussion about patents. While Hodge showed us a
| list of technologies which form the Microsoft Open Specification - there is a
| promise not to sue if these are used - he, understandably, could not offer
| any clues on the licensing of patents in Mono , for example.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/25904/1231/
There may be a third Mono application in Ubuntu
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| But Ubuntu's inclusion of Mono is not necessarily assured. Fedora, the free
| desktop version put out by Red Hat, recently dumped Mono from its default
| install and replace Tomboy with Gnote.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1406088/there-mono-application-ubuntu
How to Securely Manage All Your Passwords
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| As a Mac user, I received two main recommendations. The first was a free,
| open-source program that security pros like called KeePass, which was built
| for Windows but is available for Mac, Linux and BSD if you also download the
| open-source software platform Mono.
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http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/how-to-securely-manage-all-your-passwords/
Some notes on Fedora and Mono
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| As the maintainer of Gnote in Fedora, I think I should add a few
| clarifications and correct some factual inaccuracies in your podcast.
| In about 1:20 hrs, Bryan adds a comment that Gnote cannot import Tomboy
| notes. This is completely incorrect. Gnote and Tomboy use the same file
| format and Gnote in 0.5 version even has a plugin to import Tomboy notes
| on the first run. It would have been trivial to verify this for yourself.
|
| On the size issue - Tomboy and F-Spot has been default in Fedora for
| quite sometime. However from Fedora 10 onwards, it hasn't been in the
| *Live CD* because of space constraints and none of the Mono apps would
| be installed by default if you install via the Live CD. Since Gnote is
| written in C++ and the dependencies related to that including the gtkmm
| packages were already in the Live CD due to other applications,
| including Gnote by default in the Live CD is more easier. Installation
| via DVD images doesn't have the same constraints and can have a
| different set of defaults. The release notes draft for Fedora 12 Beta
| published early, already has all this information
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https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2009-June/msg00158.html
Ubuntu Mono-tabanlı uygulamaları çoğaltacak.
http://www.linuxmasasi.com/ubuntu-mono-tabanli-uygulamalari-artiracak/
"Gates' gimmick of becoming a philantropist repeats the Rockefeller scam almost
one to one a century later."
-- http://www.whale.to/a/gates1.html
Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation
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[1] http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickspencer3
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| # Lead Program Manager at Microsoft
| # User Experience Manager at Microsoft
|
| [...]
|
| Usability Engineer, Usability Manager
| Microsoft
|
| (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
|
| March 1998 — May 2005 (7 years 3 months)
|
| Usability engineer, and later usability manager, for Microsoft's Visual
| Studio family of products. Lead user centered design efforts across the suite
| of of developer tools.
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[2] The elusive, royalty-free patent licence for Mono
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| How difficult or easy is it to obtain one of the much-touted "royalty-free,
| reasonable and non-discriminatory" licences for Microsoft patents that are
| part of a technology like Mono?
|
| Judging by the frequency with which references are made to such licences by
| those who back Novell vice-president Miguel de Icaza's bid to create an open
| source clone of Microsoft's .NET development environment, it's surprising
| that no-one has ever ventured to test this claim.
|
| The idea of trying to find out what was involved arose after reading a nearly
| nine-month old, well-written post defending the use of Mono and mocking its
| detractors. The author, Jo Shields, is a Debian developer and works for
| Oxford University.
|
| [...]
|
| He replied two days later, pointing out, "Ecma does not have anything to do
| with possible licensing of .NET. But Microsoft is one of our members, so I
| have asked them whom to contact there – if anything is needed, what I just do
| not know."
|
| Dr Sebestyn added: "My contact at Microsoft said that you should contact
| Peggy Moloney there, who would be able to help you."
|
| I wrote to Ms Moloney on April 28, asking for the same information: "I
| understand that the terms of the licences to the patents which Microsoft
| holds on the .NET development platform permit people to obtain a
| royalty-free, reasonable and non-discriminatory licence to use them. I would
| be grateful if you let me know exactly how one obtains such a licence."
|
| I also asked her about the variance in the terms for the licensing of
| Moonlight, a clone of Microsoft's Silverlight, using which the company hopes
| to capture the market that is dominated by Adobe's Flash. De Icaza is behind
| this project as well.
|
|
| [...]
|
| There's a been a deafening silence since then. There the matter stands after
| nearly a month. You would think that's a decent period for anyone to think
| things through and respond - if the intention of doing so exists.
|
| To me, it looks this licence is as real as the unicorn. Or maybe Santa Claus.
| I think Mono fans need to think of a fresh defence when people talk about the
| dangers of patent suits arising over this technology. The licence talk has
| worn more than a little thin.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/25215/1090/
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