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2006 Software War Map between FOSS and Microsoft

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the always-entertaining dept.

Ant writes "Neatorama mentions Steven Hilton's Software War Map that depicts "the epic struggle of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) against the Empire of Microsoft. It was updated in 2006."

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  1. Re:Mono and .Net by linvir · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I think you mean "Pardon my poorly thinly veiled bias". But yes, there is a lot of ignorance in there as well. From wikipedia:
    . The patent concerns primarily relate to technologies developed by Microsoft on top of the .NET Framework, such as ASP.NET, ADO.NET and Windows Forms, i.e. parts composing Mono's Windows compatibility stack. These technologies are today not fully implemented in Mono and not required for developing Mono-applications. Not providing a patented capability would weaken the interoperability, but it would still provide the free software / open source software community with good development tools, which is the primary reason for developing Mono.
  2. Re:I don't know... by SQLGuru · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "It seems to be missing some things."

    Why isn't Visual Studio going toe-to-toe with Eclipse?

    Where's VBScript vs JavaScript?

    What's Web / AJAX services doing in the corner? MS has that capability, too.

    What about DirectX vs OpenGL?

    I'm sure it's missing quite a bit more, too.

    Layne

  3. Room for improvement by Silent+sound · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Problems that stick out with this map, off the top of my head:
    1. It does not include any indication of the convoluted Sony/Nintendo/DirectX/XBox 360/Bluray/HD-DVD/Windows Media Center conflict; the DirectX vs OpenGL battle is listed as a "front" but OpenGL is depicted as coming from SGI, an irrelivant company who is literally currently in the process of filing for bankruptcy
    2. In general lacks any sign of WMA/WMP, or the European legal issues currently related to them
    3. In no way indicates Sun's bizarre pseudostalinesque trying-to-simultaneously-ally-with-and-fight-both- sides, -and-failing strategy as regards the GPL and Open Source
    4. "Trusted Computing" references fail to note that Apple, who is listed as Microsoft's enemy on this chart, is now using Trusted Platform Module chips
    5. ODF/OASIS not included