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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. Re:Inflamatory headling superceeds mundane content by miguel · · Score: 5, Informative

    We have announced that our upcoming Mono release (2.8) will default to 4.0:

    http://www.mono-project.com/Roadmap

    For the first time in Mono's history our C# compiler and its supporting engine and core libraries were done before Microsoft released the product, we were usually one to two years behind. This time we are some five months ahead of time:

    http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2009/Dec-09.html

    There are still a handful of loose ends here and there, but luckily, nothing major.

  2. Re:Long story short by The+End+Of+Days · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Miguel doesn't care, because that "99% of us" turns out to be less than 1% of the real "us."

  3. Re:Good News by fejjie · · Score: 5, Interesting

    As someone who actually knows Miguel de Icaza and someone who was there when Mono began, I can tell you with absolute certainty that he started Mono because he truly believes that it's a good platform. As do I and all of the other Mono developers (none of whom get a "fat paycheck" from Microsoft or anyone else). The Mono team is underfunded at Novell, so I and likely other developers have taken a pay CUT in order to work on what we believe in.

    We are not paid to parrot any opinions from Microsoft or Novell. Our opinions are our own and we stand by them.

  4. I know this is Slashdot but... by Timbo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...I'm amazed at how obtuse (and in some cases, downright insulting) the majority of the comments on this story are. I think it's highly likely that if .NET didn't come from Microsoft, nobody would be getting quite so emotional about the whole thing.

    For the record, I'm categorically not Microsoft's greatest fan, but you cannot deny that .NET/C# is a damn good platform. Having a portable version of said good platform is therefore a Good Thing. It doesn't matter if Microsoft decide to fuck Mono over; it's still a good platform and therefore still a Good Thing. If you disagree and you don't like it, then fine; don't use it and stop whining.