On Tue, 2009-06-09 at 10:15 -0700, 666lawyer wrote: > Richard Stallman: Mono is a free implementation of Microsoft's language C#. > Microsoft has declared itself our enemy and we know that Microsoft is > getting > patents on some features of C#.
I do love the implication here that if Microsoft is involved then it should be avoided. You are aware that Microsoft has been and/or is currently involved with CSS, HTML, XML, C, C++, Unicode, XSLT, XQuery, and numerous other "open" standards, correct[0]? (Many of which are handled by standards bodies which don't even have RAND requirements, such as ANSI/ISO which handle the C and C++ standards, and the IETF....) So, if Microsoft involvement is _that_ important, please let me know when you'll abandon use of the above technologies. (Yes, that will require dropping all of the Linux kernel (C), Gnome (C), KDE (C++), OpenOffice.org (C++, UNO - a COM clone), bash (C), libxml (XML), WebKit (CSS, HTML), FireFox (CSS, HTML), and...oh, EVERY OTHER APP ON YOUR SYSTEM.) Please get back to me when you're running a hardware Lisp system [1] circa 1970, you (potential) patent infringer! [2] - Jon [0] Go dig through http://www.microsoft.com/standards/participation.aspx Numerous hardware standards would -- of course -- also now be verboten. [1] I'm sure RMS would prefer this anyway. [2] I'm not entirely sure if this is tongue-in-cheek or not. _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
