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The Case For Supporting and Using Mono
snydeq writes "Fatal Exception's Neil McAllister argues in favor of Mono, asking those among the open source community who have 'variously described Mono as a trap, a kludge, or simply a waste of effort' to look past Miguel de Icaza and Mono's associations with Microsoft and give the open source implementation of .Net a second chance, as he himself has, having predicted Mono's demise at the hands of open source Java in 2006. Far from being just a clone of .Net for Linux, McAllister argues, Mono has been 'expanding its presence into exciting and unexpected new niches.' And for those who argue that 'developing open-source software based on Microsoft technologies is like walking into a lion's den,' McAllister suggests taking a look at the direction Mono is heading. The more Mono evolves, the less likely Microsoft is to use patent claims or some other dirty trick to bring down the platform."
Mono has been 'expanding its presence into exciting and unexpected new niches.'
Yes, just recently there have been several more!
Here at the Mono bar, we play every kind of music - country *and* western!
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
For bit rates less than 24 Kbps I prefer mono.
(What, RTFA ? Who has time for that ?)
Next question?
de Icaza can go to Hell along with his bosses at Microsoft.
you had me at #!
Captain's log, stardate 9522.6: I've never trusted Microsoft, and I never will. I could never forgive them for the death of Netscape and countless other companies. It seems to me our mission to support .NET on Linux is problematic at best. McAllister says this could be an historic occasion, and I'd like to believe him, but how on earth can history get past people like me?
They're animals. Don't believe them. Don't trust them.
(They're dying)
Let them die!
Sorry, I couldn't resist. I got a kick out of the way you started your post.
Joking aside, mod parent up. :-)
Javascript + Nintendo DSi = DSiCade
Come on, this debate's been over since the mid-1960s. Stereo won, Mono lost... end of story.
Multiplayer Gaming (defined): Sitting around, discussing single-player games with my friends, at the bar.
cut kitty screen saver? count me in!
Okay, I'm a pretty pro-Linux guy. But even I'd never portray the Windows masses as kitten murdering mascochists.
Think before you post, you sick fuck!
Mod me down, my New Earth Global Warmingist friends!
"First they ignore you. Then they fight you."
Then Google kick's Microsoft's ass, eats their lunch and takes their milk money? Ya, I was thinking the same thing.
My blog
it just dawned on me...
Microsoft is giving Linux Mono!
I guarantee, if you grep the source, you'll find epstein-barr.
APK quotes people (including myself) without context and should not be trusted. Just thought you should know.
Webapps aren't real software - they are just crappy excuses for web developers to keep their jobs. Real programmers write real software.
Mono is not dead—it just smells funny
It's a very dark ride.