Well if the article was altered as much as it apparently is, then we're effectively talking about two different articles and that renders much of the discussion pointless! In that case I see your point and stand corrected on the comments regarding Eclipse vs. MonoDeveloper - that's not very professional.
Ahead/behind is silly to discuss as we all have each our own measure, my goal was simply to point out how equally useless it is when people say Mono/Moonlight will always lack behind Microsoft, the point is it's there - if not now, then soon - for people who wish to enjoy their freedom. I never insinuated you don't use Mono, if you're on Ubuntu chances are you use it without even realizing. And of course I fully acknowledge and appreciate your volunteering work, at the same time you must accept a certain amount of scrutiny and opinions that may not be entirely in sync with your own. Perhaps the tabloid reference was uncalled for, though "Microsoft is Evil" and similar comments would seem to fit that format rather well. I originally did not want to open this can of worms again, but you called for specifics. I guess I am surprised such a minor article could stir up such a fuss anyway, this is the inter-web - invented by Al Gore - where everyone can make their own truth. You clearly don't really want to cover Mono/.NET for any technical merits, so perhaps the easiest thing then is to focus on the positive of Java rather than insinuate and speculate (yes that's FUD) about the negatives of Mono/.NET/Microsoft? /Casper > > /Casper > > > On 26 Jul., 18:38, CKoerner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > To avoid hi-jack of my thread, here is Dicks comments for replying > > > > 1. Dick Wall : > > > Incidentally, I was willing to give Microsoft the benefit of the > > > doubt > > > with regards to the code contribution and was pleasantly surprised. > > > In > > > the days since it appears that they contributed back to avoid a GPL > > > violation though. Not wrong, but not the altruism we were led to > > > believe initially. Microsoft has a long pattern of attacking linux > > > (Linux is a cancer anyone) so is it any surprise I am not exactly > > > their biggest fan. If they really want to make a good contribution, > > > how about the video codecs Moonlight needs to be on an even footing? > > > > 2. Dick Wall : > > > Casper, can you elaborate on what you thought the FUD was? Sure - we > > > ramble a lot and opinions are by their nature subjective, but what do > > > you believe was FUD (which generally I take to mean lies?). Was it > > > the > > > ISO story? I think we had most of the broad facts right about that > > > one > > > even if we had to look up the details. Certainly there are enough > > > irregularities around that whole thing to be suspicious. Was it > > > something else? It's all well and good to wave the FUD flag around, > > > but how can we have a discussion if you don't call anything out > > > specifically? > > > Dick --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
