Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> Man oh Man oh Mono
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> | Well lo and behold what happens? Microsoft comes out against Tom Tom and
> | three of the 7 patents they claim infringe target technologies used in
> | the Linux kernel and technology built on top of Linux. Fat patents and
> | Windowing environment are at stake here.
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> | [...]
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> | Alas, back to Mono and once again I must ask myself. Is if really worth
> | it to dance with the beast?
Nope - all your software will run slower in mono crap.
Compile in native Linux, C etc and it runs a lot quicker. And it runs on
more platforms. And software can be debugged with more tools than you can
shake your fists at.
> How many times are we going to ferry the
> | scorpion across the river on our backs only to be stung each time we
> | reach the shore? The old adage proclaims: ?Fool me once, shame on you,
> | fool me twice shame on me.? We?ve been fooled way to many times now and
> | I for one am sick of looking like an idiot.
> |
> | If you always do what you?ve always done, you will always get what you
> | always got. Microsoft has not changed it?s colors at all. Why should we
> | continue to compromise?
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