Licensing wise, Mono and Java are fine. However, the patent arsenal for Java has been approved for use by anyone. Microsoft has not done the same with.NET.
Thus, using Mono you are in a very real situation involving IP litigation. With Java, Sun has publicly pledged anyone can use Java, so they'd be hard pressed to sue you for using it.
Being owned in court by Microsoft due to patent infringement.
Or more likely, losing customers because mid development cycle Microsoft starts threatening to sue companies using Mono, as it infringes their patents.
Samba and Mono are the only technologies you listed that are an exact protocol/format/etc. clone of Microsoft's technology. Samba doesn't provide the strategic usefulness that Mono could if used widely in OSS.
There's a better alternative anyway: Java. Of which the official implementation is open source and the IP/Patents involved are legal for general use.
Whereas Microsoft's last words on the subject of Mono were that it's "an unauthorized reverse engineering of Microsoft intellectual property."
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We haven't figured that part out yet.
But we do know it was us that scorched the sky or something to that effect.
Earl. Grey. HOT!
So you don't like it when they call M$, M$?
Licensing wise, Mono and Java are fine. However, the patent arsenal for Java has been approved for use by anyone. Microsoft has not done the same with .NET.
Thus, using Mono you are in a very real situation involving IP litigation. With Java, Sun has publicly pledged anyone can use Java, so they'd be hard pressed to sue you for using it.
Being owned in court by Microsoft due to patent infringement.
Or more likely, losing customers because mid development cycle Microsoft starts threatening to sue companies using Mono, as it infringes their patents.
They've rattled this sabre before.
lol, I love that.
It reminds me of the old apple logo with the scanlines. :)
Wow, you sound like you know A LOT about computers.
ROFL
Oh yeah, what about Fallout and Fallout 2?
Just like elder scrolls, LOL
Wow, that's definitely some iFail.
I just want to give a shoutout to the people sponsoring my slashdot posting activities.
I'd like to thank my mom, my mom's basement, jolt cola for always being there and apple computer.
Peace out!
I completely missed the point of your post.
Unfortunately, I don't know if that says something about you... or me.
Which is a shame considering the seriousness of the topic.
Oh you mean the lack of gui wizards? /ROFL
No, I didn't make it up:
http://searchwindevelopment.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid8_gci1019210,00.html
I think it fits Microsoft's position and strategy perfectly. Of course they want to wait until it's the perfect time to act.
You know, don't knife the baby until the opportune moment.
No time for love, Dr. Jones!
err, speech to text, my bad
The Wii Remote's position is determined almost entirely by physical sensors.
The MS and Sony stuff uses heuristics... ENTIRELY.
Let me know how reliably that text to speech application works out for you, vs a physical keyboard.
Samba and Mono are the only technologies you listed that are an exact protocol/format/etc. clone of Microsoft's technology. Samba doesn't provide the strategic usefulness that Mono could if used widely in OSS.
There's a better alternative anyway: Java. Of which the official implementation is open source and the IP/Patents involved are legal for general use.
Whereas Microsoft's last words on the subject of Mono were that it's "an unauthorized reverse engineering of Microsoft intellectual property."
I can't wait for that fantastic grey goo I'm always hearing about!
Bring it on, Mr. Ellison!
Because nobody fucking wants Mono on their system!
It should be pointed out that Mono is yet ANOTHER variant of .NET, that isn't full compatible with any of the versions released from Microsoft.
So on Windows, you get a copy of each .NET runtime version plus a copy of each Mono runtime versions.
It's the attack of the Java clones!
Microsoft doesn't need to sue. All they need to do is rattle the sabre and put the fear out there that they might begin to go after people.
And Steve Ballmer has already said this option in on the table.
I liked this troll better when it talked about tron fanzines and linux web sights.
Why would they do that when they could just make it an "urgent system security update" in the first place?
The new Xbox and Sony control gimmicks are just that, gimmicks.
The games that really shine with the Wii remote are multiplayer games, which doesn't work well with a camera.
The Wii remote *as is*, is far more accurate than any of these camera based alternatives.