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Posted in FSF, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Mono, Novell at 1:56 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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Summary: Strong words from the revered founder of the Free Software Foundation and more Microsoft/Mono news
Microsoft has lost its key pseudo-source person, Sam Ramji, and discussion about this carries on because a replacement will be needed. Some people honestly say that board member of Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation Miguel de Icaza is a likely candidate. Having already been criticised by the FSF before (de Icaza mocked them too), he should not be surprised to find this report from Software Freedom Day at Boston. The author quotes Richard Stallman as follows:
=> has lost its key pseudo-source person, Sam Ramji | ↺ carries on | board member of Microsoft's CodePlex Foundation Miguel de Icaza | ↺ this report from Software Freedom Day at Boston
Miguel de Icaza “is basically a traitor to the Free Software community” This was in response to my question about the new Microsoft “Open Source” labs. He went on to say that Miguel’s involvement in the project doesn’t give much confidence as he is a Microsoft apologist. The project looks to be concerned with permitting “Open Source” programs to work on the Windows platform and thus divert valuable developer time away from free platforms such as Gnu/Linux.Mono framework is not so much of a problem, but C# shouldn’t be used in core apps as legal problems would be hard to work around. Recommends uninstalling any apps using C#.
These words about Miguel de Icaza are harsher than anything we have seen from Stallman in the recent and distant past. The FSF has also formally explained why C# is a problem. Like many others, we have already explained why the CodePlex Foundation is yet another trap. Among our posts on the subject:
=> formally explained why C# is a problem
OIN Receives Thanks from Many, CodePlex Foundation Receives Thumbs-Down from ManyWhy Microsoft’s CodePlex Foundation is a Promoter of Proprietary SoftwareMicrosoft Runs Away from the Press After Trying to Have GNU/Linux Sued by ProxyNovell, Microsoft, and the “Microsoft Hater” Daemonisation Label
The less informed commentators use an invalid comparison to a company which does not attack Free software, namely IBM. Here is another new article on the subject. It’s from Linux Magazine and the headline is: “Speculations About Microsoft’s Open Source CodePlex Foundation”
=> ↺ invalid comparison to a company which does not attack Free software, namely IBM | ↺ another new article on the subject
Newer CodePlex takers include a Gold Partner of Microsoft called Telerik, which has been working with Novell [1, 2, 3]. There is also Gaia in the news: “The Carbon Project today announced the beta release of Gaia 3.4 for Mono, a powerful free platform designed to support Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) users.”
=> ↺ Newer CodePlex takers | 1 | 2 | 3 | ↺ Gaia in the news
“Mono is basically a Microsoft product made and maintained outside the Microsoft labs.” –OmarIf that’s not enough, Novell also brings .NET to Apple’s product line at the moment, using MonoTouch [1, 2] which Novell marketing people are actively promoting, accompanied by partner blogs. There is also a bunch of new videos that promote MonoTouch, which gets demonstrated on a Mac PC [sic].
=> 1 | 2 | ↺ Novell marketing people are actively promoting | ↺ partner blogs | ↺ bunch | ↺ new videos | ↺ promote MonoTouch
At FS Daily, Omar argues that “Mono is basically a Microsoft product made and maintained outside the Microsoft labs.” For peer confirmation he asks: “Am I right?”
=> ↺ argues
lozz responds by saying: “You’re not wrong. Novell is already so close to Microsoft that many people automatically think of this trojan entity as M$-Novell.
“Mono developers are more dangerous to GNU/Linux than a court full of patent trolls.” █
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