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Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Mono, Novell, Patents at 2:13 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
We recently highlighted the increased threat to Mono, which is the result of a move made by Microsoft. It was a case of Greek bearing gifts. In ZDNet’s Open Source blog, Miguel de Icaza defends his project.
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“Since the source code release from Microsoft later this year will not be open source, this code will have no impact on Mono’s schedule as it will not be able to use any of the information included in this code,” according to a statement posted on the Mono project after the announcement.
Dana, however, does not really buy it. He asks himself whether an apology by Novell can at all be accepted and then proceeds to criticising de Icaza’s role at Novell.
Miguel de Icaza has learned to stop worrying and love Microsoft. I get it. That’s his job. He works for Novell. This is nothing personal. It’s just business.
But it’s not just business. It is personal. This is something Microsoft, and those who work with Microsoft, have never understood about the open source movement. They treat it like bad men treat good women, and that’s just wrong.
I’m the guy on this beat. I talk to open source developers all the time. They don’t like being feminized. They do take this personally.
They should.
The poll enclosed to this item shows that news about .NET going shared source isn’t welcomed. There are those who think that SJVN went overboard with his analysis that compares Mono to an SCO-like timebomb. The poll shows that he wasn’t far off, based on a wider pool of minds.
Linux does not need technology which is supposedly ‘protected’ through IP deals with Microsoft. Linux has its own strength and its own (open and free) programming languages.
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