Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
In this instance, you betcha. Given that Microsoft tried *very*
recently to use the Novell "indemnification" to spread lots of FUD about
open source Linux, no, I don't trust them. *At all*.
The problem with ad hominem is you're conflating three statements:
1) Microsoft is evil.
2) You won't use C# because Microsoft is evil.
3) C# is a bad language.
#3 doesn't follow logically from either #1 or #2.
And, unlike Microsoft, they got *broken up for it*. They didn't just
get a slap on the wrist.
No they didn't. The break-up of AT&T had zero to do with any "dirty
tricks" that AT&T was pulling.
Yes. And you seem to have forgotten them. AT&T was called "Ma Bell"
before they got broken up. They spawned an entire Saturday Night Live
skit about "We're the phone company! We don't have to care!"
Again, that has nothing to do with why they got broken up. The monopoly
status was *granted* by the courts long before it was taken away by the
courts.
If they want to convince people, open source it. If Sun can pull it off
with Java, why can't Microsoft? Once it is truly out of Microsoft's
hands, then we can talk.
It's an ECMA standard, and there's already an open-source version.
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It's not feature creep if you put it
at the end and adjust the release date.
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