Re: [uug] Open Source vs. Closed Source software

[Scott Paul Robertson]

On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 11:46:49PM -0700, Michael Torrie wrote:
> The fragmentation issue has very little to do with something being open
> or closed.  Placing Java under a completely free license would
> dramatically accelerate its adoption in every aspect of the unix world.
> As an example I give you the Mono project.  The mono project is a
> completely open (and forkable) work and growing quite a bit.  They
> follow the EMCA spec fairly well and have a high degree of compatibility
> with MS's .NET implementation.
> 

Just as a side note, I watched an application coded and compiled on a
windows box with the .NET compiler then copied over to a Linux box and
run perfectly. No need to rebuild from source, just needed the
executable and Mono. Very cool.

fyi: this was the satellite photo program that Jackson Harper showed us
last thursday, basically same presentation, with an extra computer to
demo nifty stuff like that.

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