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chrisd
on from the what's-a-nice-coder-like-you-doing-in-a-place-like-this dept.
twigman writes "MSDN has an interview with Ximian CTO Miguel de Icaza about Mono and past Ximian projects. It's a surprisingly objective discussion, definitely worth a read." Of course we're not surprised Miguel is objective...
It seems like Ximian is latching onto Microsoft to survive. It's not just a gimmick either, Ximian quite recently announced that they had entered the proprietary business with its Exchange Connector.
So is Ximian abandoning the GNU values? All that big talk and fighting words was for naught? Or was it just about garnering public support before pulling the old bait and switch?
I know, open source, nothing to hide. We can all see the code and which way it's going.
But I don't understand this interview on MSdn! Why even do the interview? Was he given sodium pentathol?[sp]
But in the first line the interviewer says that he's into UNIX, but isn't UNIX the proprietary version that we all want to get away from? Read:
Summary: In this interview, Miguel de Icaza, the founder of GNOME and Ximian, talks about UNIX components, Bonobo, Mono, and Microsoft.NET.
But my favorite [in the closing about the author]:
Dare Obasanjo is a senior at the Georgia Institute of Technology working towards his Bachelor of Science degree in computer science. He spends his free time posting to online forums like Slashdot, Kuro5hin and Advogato, as well as writing various articles on programming and software. He has interned for various companies including Radiant Systems, i2 Technologies and Microsoft, and is currently debating the merits of a graduate degree but will most likely end up in Redmond when his time at GA Tech is over.
Posting on/.? I guess I can expect a fanboy reply to this post.
"Miguel de Icaza: Microsoft is remarkably good at keeping their APIs backwards compatible (and this is one of the reasons I think they have had so much success as a platform vendor). So I think that this would not be a problem. "
oh reallly ? what r this guy talking about....
Dangerous collaboration?
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PastaAnta
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Given that Microsoft percieves Linux as Threat Number One one can't stop wonder what Microsofts hidden agenda is.
Why will Microsoft silently allow Mono or even collaborate?
Re:Miguel is the smart fellow
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GlowStars
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· Score: 0, Flamebait
There wasn't a useable ORB when Gnome started either, so they wrote one themselves
ORBit has not gained a lot of acceptance outside of GNOME. Could it be that it is not good enough?
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Contrary to what chrisd said, I'd be pretty shocked to see Miguel being objective. Have you actually read any of his GNOME vs KDE rants in the past?
It seems like Ximian is latching onto Microsoft to survive. It's not just a gimmick either, Ximian quite recently announced that they had entered the proprietary business with its Exchange Connector.
So is Ximian abandoning the GNU values? All that big talk and fighting words was for naught? Or was it just about garnering public support before pulling the old bait and switch?
(Please browse at -1 to read this comment.)
I know, open source, nothing to hide. We can all see the code and which way it's going.
.NET.
/.? I guess I can expect a fanboy reply to this post.
But I don't understand this interview on MSdn! Why even do the interview? Was he given sodium pentathol?[sp]
But in the first line the interviewer says that he's into UNIX, but isn't UNIX the proprietary version that we all want to get away from? Read:
Summary: In this interview, Miguel de Icaza, the founder of GNOME and Ximian, talks about UNIX components, Bonobo, Mono, and Microsoft
But my favorite [in the closing about the author]:
Dare Obasanjo is a senior at the Georgia Institute of Technology working towards his Bachelor of Science degree in computer science. He spends his free time posting to online forums like Slashdot, Kuro5hin and Advogato, as well as writing various articles on programming and software. He has interned for various companies including Radiant Systems, i2 Technologies and Microsoft, and is currently debating the merits of a graduate degree but will most likely end up in Redmond when his time at GA Tech is over.
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Get your Unix fortune now!
"Miguel de Icaza: Microsoft is remarkably good at keeping their APIs backwards compatible (and this is one of the reasons I think they have had so much success as a platform vendor). So I think that this would not be a problem. " oh reallly ? what r this guy talking about ....
Given that Microsoft percieves Linux as Threat Number One one can't stop wonder what Microsofts hidden agenda is.
Why will Microsoft silently allow Mono or even collaborate?
There wasn't a useable ORB when Gnome started either, so they wrote one themselves
ORBit has not gained a lot of acceptance outside of GNOME. Could it be that it is not good enough?
Just wondering.