I tend to agree with Stallman here (which is fairly unusual for me): As far as Microsoft is concerned, Mono is a paper-tiger that they can use to argue C# portability, etc.
They'll let it around as long as it is not threatening. Simultaneously they'll keep adding Windows-specific APIs that ensure things written for Windows stay there and that Mono is always several steps behind. If Mono ever becomes threatening, then I'd expect them to take more drastic action, ranging from new-fangled Windows-specific ways to do most everything to lawsuits. In the interim, if using Mono floats your boat, great, but I'd feel like I was building on quicksand. -- Jess Holle P.S. I think the Mono crowd would serve Linux better by focusing on Java rather than Mono. Working on or using Mono serves Microsoft's interest (for now) and that can't be a good thing for Linux. Casper Bang wrote: > On 2 Jul., 13:48, Steven Herod <[email protected]> wrote: > >> But I do have an issue with Mono, deep down inside I think it's the >> kind of thing MS lets run because it lets them pay lip service to >> 'cross platform'. >> > Who cares what Microsoft says anyway, the real interesting thing is > what their engineers do - that's what we should pay attention to > instead of focusing on politics/religion >> C#/.Net on Linux seems to be the worst of all possible worlds, but >> that's just my personal opinion. >> > Funny, I see it as the best of all possible worlds. Some sleek > technology we'll never get in Java without the lock-in of Visual > Studio and Windows. > > Alexander: You are likely to find many people turned off by Mono for a > great many reasons but the ones that matter. The speed and ingenuity > of that community is mind-boggling, and although Microsoft tried, > Miguel could not be bought. You gotta wonder, if anyone else than > Microsoft were behing the Ecma spec, we would probably have had C# on > the JVM by now. > > *Disclaimer, uses Mono constantly through Gnome-Do etc. like the rest > of the pragmatic Linux crowd > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
