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● 05.27.09

●● Ubuntu’s Mono Booster Calls it “Monobuntu”

Posted in GNU/Linux, Mono, Ubuntu at 1:08 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Turning stereo to mono, with Banshee

Summary: Tracking attempts to push Banshee into Ubuntu by default

AS THEY try to insert the Novell-owned, Mono-based media player into Ubuntu, promoters of Mono would even call it “Monobuntu” now. Here are some notes.

=> to insert the Novell-owned, Mono-based media player into Ubuntu | ↺ would even call it “Monobuntu” now | ↺ some notes

There is no Banshee in Karmic (for now) and there is no response yet to the concern that ECMA is not being responsive. Specifically to Jo Shields, Jose_X writes.

=> the concern that ECMA is not being responsive | ↺ writes

Jo, realize that following a standard created by a patent aggressor is a LIABILITY not an asset. Stop trumpeting mono’s adherence to the two dotnet specs as an asset. It’s the opposite.

There are some more interesting comments right here. Mono is resented for the trouble it brings. █

=> ↺ right here

“There is a substantive effort in open source to bring such an implementation of .Net to market, known as Mono and being driven by Novell, and one of the attributes of the agreement we made with Novell is that the intellectual property associated with that is available to Novell customers.”

–Bob Muglia, Microsoft President

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