I didn't find Microsoft's position to be negative at all. I agree that ease of use and standardization is needed on Linux platforms. Mono provides exactly that. I've been programming mostly with Microsoft Visual C# for the past year or two and I find it fairly easy to learn to program with C# on Mono. If I had to use another language, I'd be completely lost. I'm only guessing, but Mono could lead to a flood of applications being developed for Linux platforms which would only increase the attraction to Linux. I like Microsoft products because so many people are using them that there's quite a body of knowledge floating around amongst general users, but I'm not opposed to competition. I find Linux to be difficult to work with, but I'm sure it's only because I'm unfamiliar with it. Competition is a good thing for consumers. I want to thank Microsoft for making C# open source and I want to thank Novell and all the people who have worked on Mono for giving us more options instead of less.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mono-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonathan Pryor > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 6:00 AM > To: Jonathan Stowe > Cc: RoBiK; Mono-List > Subject: Re: [Mono-list] Ask Microsoft: Mono support > > On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 06:48, Jonathan Stowe wrote: > <snip/> > > Yes this all true but (and possibly only in my reading) the "attempt by > > Novell" phrase appears to be trying to give it an entirely negative > > connotation. > > I suppose that does have a slightly negative connotation. More galling > to me is that Novell isn't the only entity involved; lots of individuals > are also involved, as is Mainsoft (and likely other companies). > > - Jon > > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
