Just in case anyone cares about the numbers. The stats from Wikimedia (think Wikipedia users) for market share are as follows:
Ubuntu: 0.72% market share Open SUSE: 0.05% of market share So ubuntu has 14 times more users then Open SUSE. That's an order of magnitude more users! http://stats.wikimedia.org/archive/squid_reports/2011-03/SquidReportOperatingSystems.htm The mono project can continue to ignore these numbers and pretend they will go away. Or embrace the opportunity that these numbers represent. On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Daniel Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > How many of the mono team will want to continue to use an operation system > from the company which has treated them so badly? > > I guess only time will tell. > > By the way I want to say a big thanks for the work that Mirco Bauer > (meebey) and Jo Shields (directhex) does, I have thanked directhex many > times myself. The sad state of mono on ubuntu is not there fault they do an > amazing job considering that there is only two of them and they work unpaid > in there spare time. > > I also want to say a big thank you to the mono team for producing such an > great product, and I wish you the best of luck for the future. > > Yes I might moan and complain about how out of date mono is on ubuntu, but > I really to appreciate the work you guys do. It has made developing Wide > Margin a breeze. > > Cheers, > Daniel > > > > > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Bojan Rajkovic <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> On May 16, 2011, at 11:43 PM, Daniel Hughes wrote: >> >> Currently all my volunteer time is going into Wide Margin. And >> I foresee it taking up all my time in the near future. >> >> However my suggestion is that the mono project drops open suse and instead >> supports ubuntu. >> >> >> This would require no extra effort. And would get the latest mono to a >> larger user base. >> >> >> This is where you're wrong—it would require extra effort. Not many of the >> "Mono team" members use Ubuntu (or any Debian-derivative, which means >> learning a whole new set of package management/building tools), and as Jon >> already pointed out, there are a very talented set of Debian packagers who >> do a much better job of making available proper packages for Debian and >> Debian derivatives than the Mono team ever could. There are better things >> for the newly-minted Xamarin team to focus on than duplicating work that is >> already done by two able and willing hands. If you want up-to-date Ubuntu >> packages, donate some cash or better yet, some time to either Mirco Bauer >> (meebey) or Jo Shields (directhex), who comprise the Mono packaging tag-team >> for Debian. >> >> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Slide <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm sure no one would mind if you volunteered to help out. >>> On May 16, 2011 7:36 PM, "Daniel Hughes" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > I looking for upto date packages, >>> > >>> > I"m still waiting for 2.8 packages and 2.10 packages. >>> > >>> > So what I'm looking for is when a new version of mono is released on >>> the >>> > same day the new Ubuntu packages are available. Not a year or two or >>> three >>> > later. >>> > >>> > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Jonathan Pobst <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> >> On 5/16/2011 8:45 PM, Daniel Hughes wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> Can we expect official ubuntu support going forward? >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> How do you define "official ubuntu support"? >>> >> >>> >> The community has excellent Ubuntu packagers who know the best way to >>> >> package Mono for Ubuntu, and submit these packages for inclusion in >>> the >>> >> official Ubuntu releases. >>> >> >>> >> So the short of it is: Mono is already packaged and included in >>> Ubuntu. >>> >> >>> >> What more than that would you like to see? >>> >> >>> >> Jonathan >>> >> >>> >> >> —Bojan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
