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Miguel de Icaza Talks About Mono

Posted by Hemos on from the it's-a-necessary-element dept.

Matthew Revell writes "Miguel de Icaza defends Mono and talks about its future relationship with the Gnome desktop, in the latest LugRadio. The leader of the open source implementation of .NET says no one is forced to use Mono but he hopes it will make life easier for open source developers. "

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  1. MONO is a disaster. by furry_wookie · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    Mono is a scourge on the Open Source community.

    All it does is to legitimize microsofts attempt at monoplizing another market with yet another windows-only product exactly similar to an exsisting multi-platform product....it's their modus-operandi.

    I can't imagine how GNOME which was FOUNDED strictly because of the POSSIBILITY of some licensing problems with Qt(KDE), would go head-long into this licensing minefield created by Miguel.

    GNOME has certainly lost its way.

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    -- Given enough time and money, Microsoft will eventualy invent UNIX.
  2. Re:No mindshare for Mono by geomon · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Real hackers?

    Shit, what does that mean?

    Language jihads really annoy me. The arguments used to support them generally have no basis in reason but instead rely on emotional outbursts.

    C# vs. Java, C vs. C++, Fortran vs. ....

    Okay, so Fortran is abysmal, but if there is a good reason for using a language, then it is the CORRECT choice for the programmer. That reason may include the author's familiarity with the language.

    If the author isn't any good at using a language they aren't familiar with, despite its benefits, the program won't be written! Or it may be written poorly!

    This is open source, folks; if you don't like the language/implementation, then get the source and rewrite the application!

    His reputation continues to decline.

    I agree, but not for the reasons you gave.

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    "Rocky Rococo, at your cervix!"
  3. The test for Mono by Dr.+Bent · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    When I see the .NET version of Microsoft Office (or any other Microsoft bread and butter product), running just as well in Linux as it does in Windows, then I'll consider Mono to be ready for prime time. Until then, Mono will always be the bastard stepchild of the .NET universe, with solutions that "kind of work, most of the time".