On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Mark Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 8:55 PM, Curtis Hovey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 20:41 -0500, Mark Fink wrote: > > > I've just started a replacement for Tomboy. I think it (or another > > > notes program if there already is one) should replace Tomboy ASAP in > > > the GNOME desktop because Tomboy is poisoning GNOME distributions like > > > Red Hat and Ubuntu with it's Microsoft patented MONO dependency crap > > > as you can read about on > > > http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/15/mono-contamination-in-ubuntu/ > > > > > > I've never written a program before so I also need some help. Also I > > > need a place to put it on the web. > > > > > > I've already gotten it so you can type stuff in a text field, so it > > > already almost has all the functionality you need in a note taking > > > program. > > > > If you don't want to run Tomboy, just add sticky notes to your panel--it > > predates Tomboy. Tomboy is popular because it rocks, not because it is > > Mono-based, or because distro chose to make it the default app over > > sticky notes (I'm not certain it is a default app in Ubuntu or Fedora). > > What you are setting out to do is create an extensible wiki-like gui > > editor. Good luck. > > Then sticky notes needs to replace Tomboy as the official GNOME notes > program because it is stupid to allow MONO into GNOME. MONO programs > CANNOT be allowed to be in GNOME! This only helps M$ destroy Linux! > Don't you see!? You are just helping Microvell poison Linux so that > they can control it and/or attack it with patents. Anyone who doesn't > see this is a retard.
Mark, That use of language is discouraged around here. If you would like to try a more civil tone, I'm sure people would be much more responsive. Calling the audience you wish to persuade is generally not a wise tactic. Cheers, Adam _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
