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De Icaza Responds To Stallman

Posted by timothy on from the strong-personalities dept.

ndogg writes "It's no secret that Stallman doesn't like Mono. Miguel, however, has been pretty quiet about those criticisms, until now. It seems he'll no longer be quiet. He's responded strongly to an article by Stallman that criticizes Codeplex about its aims due to its origin at Microsoft. Miguel says Stallman is fearmongering, and is missing an opportunity by his criticism."

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  1. Hmm by bcmm · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know that there are great people working for the company, and I know many people inside Microsoft that are steering the company towards being a community citizen. I have blogged about this for the last few years.

    I agree wholeheartedly that it is highly unlikely that Microsoft will seize any opportunity it gets to do annoying things specially to break open projects. Again.

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    # cat /dev/mem | strings | grep -i llama
    Damn, my RAM is full of llamas.
  2. it's not fearmongering.... by Shakrai · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's GNU/Fearmongering. Let's at least give credit where credit is due ;)

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    I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
    We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
  3. Re:Well of course he's annoyed by dkleinsc · · Score: 3, Funny

    blood, seat and tears.

    What, Ballmer was throwing chairs at him?

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    I am officially gone from /. Long live http://www.soylentnews.com/
  4. Re:Analysis of Miguel's article by T.E.D. · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft's frigging address is One Microsoft Way. How much clearer can they make it?

  5. Re:Are you not an 'apologist'? by MRe_nl · · Score: 4, Funny

    So the next time we meet, I will not fail. I will go up to the long bearded man and say,
    "Hello. My name is Miguel de Icaza. You killed my Mono. Prepare to die."

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    "Kill 'em all and let Root sort 'em out"
  6. Re:Analysis of Miguel's article by dfxm · · Score: 3, Funny

    Apple's address is One Infinite Loop. Does that mean they are poor unit testers?