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Could Mono Kill Gnome?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-think-about dept.

Jrbl writes "NewsForge is running This editorial by Tina Gasperson about the possible implications for GNOME if it gets Mono (which allows patented components.) There's also a reference to this article at The Register in which Miguel de Icaza raves about Microsoft."

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  1. Well, it's certainly limiting applicability... by seebs · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    A foundation on .NET means no one who wants open standards will use it; .NET is another of Microsoft's attempts to control API's. This is DirectX all over again; try to keep people from using OpenGL by offering them something "more interesting", and thus, making it as hard as possible for anyone else to offer a functional system.

    .NET will, in the end, be just as permanent as MFC, or any other "standard" microsoft guidelines, and about as portable.

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