De Icaza Responds To Stallman

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."

Comments

Re:A matter of credibility

[ciderVisor]

I'm also consistent in liking the taste of peanut butter

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Re:Sorry, but going with Richard on this one.

[JohnFen]

"Free Software" misses the point. Being able to get the software for *free* is of little use if people that receive it are not able to modify it, release the modified versions, use it for any purpose, and freely copy it.

Ummm... You do realize that "free software" does not refer to its price tag (or lack of one), right? It refers to being able to "modify it, release the modified versions, use it for any purpose, and freely copy it."

Free software can (and some does) cost real money.

Re:Analysis of Miguel's article

[Concern]

Fanboys come for free.

I can't claim to know exactly how Novell and Microsoft have structured their arrangement, but something tells me you should have been there to tell MS this from the beginning; it probably would have saved them some dollars.

Let me suggest an article from Groklaw if you would like some more background on MS's PR campaign and Miguel's role in it.