On Jan 2, 2008 1:36 PM, Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James G. Sack (jim) wrote: > > So is mono more like a loader or an execution environment, or am I > > (probably) confused? > > Speaking of Mono... > > Chuck: Are you in any way concerned about your marriage to Mono and it's > relationship with Microsoft and their habit of screwing people over? Any > chance of you running into liability over software patents or some other > such thing? How about this Novell/Miguel de Icaza thing and their > relationship with Mono and Microsoft etc? Sounds like complicated legal > territory.
I've been using .NET and/or Mono for a few years now and never felt in danger nor experienced any harm. There's also DotGnu which would get a surge of support and interest if Novell ever tried anything screwy. I also felt pretty comfortable with the MS people I met when I went there for a symposium (mini-conference) on languages. They invited people from the open source community and Sun to be there. I think people forget that Microsoft.employees is not the same collection each year. Also, I perceive that the FUD pendulum has swung the other way and Microsoft is now a victim as often as a perpetrator. But that's karma for you and they'll have to deal with it. On a related note, I'm supportive of different Cobra backends, especially Objective-C and Java. However, these will likely have to be provided by someone from the open source community as I'm busy with the rest. Of course, I need to open source Cobra before that can happen. -Chuck -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
