> > Here's the link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/23919.html > > You need to be more careful of how you read. At no point does Miguel say > that. Those are The Register's words.
I have to agree 100% with Ben, here: The Register, bless their little Linux-loving souls, are a bit on the "Tabloid Linux" side. I enjoy them... but I can't say that I respect their journalistic integrity. > Reading *just* the quotes attributed to Miguel, he basically comes off as > being impressed with the technology of .NET, but mentioned the Microsoft > issue very little. He also appears to be interested in what has been > submitted to ECMA as open standards, and not interested in the proprietary > Windows stuff. > > Given that, and that alone, I would be cautiously optimistic. Again, Ben's on the money. I've followed Miguel/Gnome since very shortly after Gnome's inception, and have found that: 1) Miguel respects *some* of what MS does, from an architecture standpoint. For example, he's in favor of modular design, something he says he really saw in action when he visited their site. You'll note, however, that not only did he turn down employment there, but went in pretty much the exact opposite direction. 2) Miguel isn't always reasonable -- eg., his stance against KDE. (Roughly summed up as "We rule, they don't.") Nevertheless, he's an amazingly intelligent guy, who can really do some pretty darn cool things. Being put in the context of a Register story, though, could make anyone appear to be most anything. $.02 -Ken ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
