2009/9/22 Joe Shaw <j...@joeshaw.org> > > Novell's a big company, and Mono is a totally separate entity from > their desktop business. If Novell wants to put resources toward > Beagle, it's going to come from the SUSE organization and not Miguel's > Mono organization. > > I agree with you, though, in that I am not really sure what Novell's > aims are with Monotouch, but that's orthogonal to this. > > I apologize for "stupid" to Miguel De Icaza, I mentioned him because his role in Mono and in Novell. Well, MdI is *not* stupid at all. To leave Beagle unmantained is stupid. If you are his friend, please say him Beagle is dying. Because he is not a stupid, I think MdI will do something.
I think only Novell could save Beagle: Beagle is written in Mono. No one, no company, want to write software in Mono because patent issue. You know, this issue is too dangerous for business. But Novell have a deal with MS on patents, then Novell can. Novell can demostrate the patent deal is useful for users. If not, all FLOSS users will realize the deal is not a serious thing. Imagine Red Hat men laughing when they see Microsoft is asking for money for patent licenses on Monotouch :)
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