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Posted in Microsoft, Mono, Novell at 1:21 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Signs indicating that C# is not catching on raise questions about the essence of Mono
Mono is not a solution for a real problem; it is a ‘solution’ in search of a problem. Mono helps Microsoft resolve its own problems because after many years out there, programmers are still reluctant to use C#.
Balrog points out that new figures of book sales have just come out and it “looks like C# popularity went down”. In relation to this, says David Gerard: “I don’t understand why MS waited until 2009 for this attack, and why they’re doing for the sake of mono of all things.”
=> ↺ new figures of book sales | ↺ says David Gerard
Mono proponents will probably say that Mono is safe to use because Microsoft promised not to sue, but worth highlighting is this new article from Law.com:
=> ↺ this new article from Law.com
Why Patentees Conveying Covenants Not to Sue Should Take Another Look at the Fine PrintPatentees concerned with downstream use may want to take a closer look at the terms on which they license and covenant not to sue. Very recently, on April 8, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in TransCore, Inc. v. ETC Corp. that an unconditional covenant not to sue authorizes the sale of a patented article, thereby exhausting patent rights in the article. Although the TransCore ruling represents a logical extension of existing patent exhaustion jurisprudence, it should be carefully considered when drafting patent licenses and covenants not to sue.
The FSF has already remarked on and tackled Microsoft's Community Promise — supposedly a promise not to sue. There are many holes in that promise. █
=> remarked on and tackled Microsoft's Community Promise
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