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The Mono Mystery That Wasn't

Posted by Soulskill on from the context-is-everything dept.

jammag writes "It was shocking news, or so it seemed: Miguel de Icaza, the Mono creator, was switching his opinion about his life's work — he now seemed to agree with the free software partisans who oppose his Mono work and his Microsoft connections. The story flamed across the Internet and even got picked up on Slashdot. But Bruce Byfield reports that 'De Icaza has not changed his opinions.' De Icaza calls the rumors 'a storm in a teacup.' Tracing the misinformation trail, Byfield concludes that 'the FOSS community excels at communication. However, in this instance, that ability was used irresponsibly.'"

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  1. Good News by MightyMartian · · Score: 0, Troll

    Good news everyone. Icaza is still a whore.

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    1. Re:Good News by commodore64_love · · Score: 1, Troll

      Women don't like whores because they steal-way their boyfriends or husbands. Women spit on whores mainly reacting from fear.

      Boyfriends and husbands like whores, but they pretend they don't, and pass laws to outlaw whores, in order to keep harmony at home.

      There.

      By the way I never bought the "they sell their bodies and that's wrong" argument. I'm selling my body right now, to the corporation. For 9-10 hours a day I am selling myself as a temporary slave to their whims. So there's no real difference.

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  2. A Storm in a Windows Teacup I'd say... by viraltus · · Score: 0, Troll

    You said what you said Miguel, now suck it.

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  3. Re:Too bad. I was willing to think he'd grown up. by RightSaidFred99 · · Score: 1, Troll

    In this case, no one with a sense of history and a functional intellect disagrees.

    You forgot "or gives a shit about FOSS as a 'movement'". I don't care about FOSS as a movement in any way. I could give less of a shit...but I don't know how. I think people who hang out at SlashDot get lost in some kind of reality distortion field and think all other professional developers are greasy neckbeards like them. Most people don't care about any of this, and would use Mono in a heartbeat if it suited their technical needs. You are a minority.