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On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 16:27:50 +0100 "Aaron Trevena" <aaron.trevena@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Have I missed something here?! > > Theres moves afoot to make Mono an essential part of gnome. Not much wrong with that - except the additional disc space requirements. Those who need a smaller footprint have lots of other options. Those who want a frivolous waste of hard disc can choose KDE. :-) > > Mono is the .NET for linux etc and some are worried that this will > > give M$ control over it. Mono is not part of .Net, it is a free equivalent and may well be substantially behind the latest MS "features" because these have to be implemented in Mono. Quite whether those missing "features" are actually a problem will depend on your opinion of the C# language. ;-) > Having Mono as part of gnome doesn't worry me at all, and I've been > paying attention to these things. > > Mono is an implementation of the ECMA standard so has nothing to fear > in Europe as long as Software Patents are unenforcable - as soon as > Software Patents become enforcable most software and programmers, Free > or proprietary will be at risk. Definitely. Now if Mono can move to GPL3, Mono in Gnome will actually be a powerful lever *against* the interests of proponents of software patents like MS. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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