I am very afraid of Mono and its consequences. This kind of project is exactly what Microsoft need for hurting linux. Like someone from Red Hat said, the problem with Mono is that it has the backing of Novell and can become and important part of the future linux systems (in gnome, mozilla, the desktop, whatever). Until Mono has not a CLEAR and written message from Microsoft of what can and cannot be done, we can never be sure that Microsoft will not use it to make linux suffer. I don't think that the stategy of "playing around" the Microsoft patents will be something trivial in a world where Mono would be a critical part of a Linux system.
I know that Mono has a lot to offer and that it fill a need that Java has not yet completely filled until now (with Sun yoyo attitude with the GPL one can never be sure).
But I don't understand how the Open Source community does not reject this whole Mono project altogether until the Microsoft Damocles sword has been dealt with.
Having more Citrix servers won't help Microsoft at all. Since you can install a free Citrix Client on any Linux machines you now only have to buy a couples of windows servers and that's it (not more Windows XP or Longrun(!) to buy). Maybe (and I'm not sure of this) the Single Sign-On would not work but that's not a big deal.
My girlfriend do this to relieve the pain when she has a migraine: She put hers hands for 1 minute in a sink filled with hot water. After that she say that at least 50% of the pain has gone. Somebody explained to her that that was because the blood would leave the head to go into the hands and thus relieve the pressure.
Their is a major flaw. RIAA could take the source code an modify the program so that it gives the real address of every node and with a little number of "trap computers" they would be able to bring some people to court.
I don't think this will happen because you have to share your work so that other people can make it better. And VietNam NEEDs to make OSS better because now it's not accustomized to their taste. So it will not be a problem at all.
Call me paranoid but I am asking myself where MS and co will stop to have the Open Source Mouvement crushed. I would not be surprised to suddenly view in the news a prestigious "leader" of the OS Mouvement being accused of pedophilia or harrassement, you know. Everything to remove the credibility of someone and what it represent.
I think SCO and all is a gentle idea of what Microsoft could be cooking in the background. After all, there is BIG money involved and we know that Ms won't let go, by any means.
For me it's getting obvious that the lawyers firm think that this case is getting too hot to handle. So they asked this poor dumb heise guy to deal with it. He accepted since he's a yes man type. He doesn't really realise what he's in and what will fall on him sooner or latter.
After all the mess will be done and the case is closed, the law firm will just say that he was incompetent and fire him, keeping a good professional image.
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I am very afraid of Mono and its consequences. This kind of project is exactly what Microsoft need for hurting linux. Like someone from Red Hat said, the problem with Mono is that it has the backing of Novell and can become and important part of the future linux systems (in gnome, mozilla, the desktop, whatever). Until Mono has not a CLEAR and written message from Microsoft of what can and cannot be done, we can never be sure that Microsoft will not use it to make linux suffer. I don't think that the stategy of "playing around" the Microsoft patents will be something trivial in a world where Mono would be a critical part of a Linux system. I know that Mono has a lot to offer and that it fill a need that Java has not yet completely filled until now (with Sun yoyo attitude with the GPL one can never be sure). But I don't understand how the Open Source community does not reject this whole Mono project altogether until the Microsoft Damocles sword has been dealt with.
Having more Citrix servers won't help Microsoft at all. Since you can install a free Citrix Client on any Linux machines you now only have to buy a couples of windows servers and that's it (not more Windows XP or Longrun(!) to buy). Maybe (and I'm not sure of this) the Single Sign-On would not work but that's not a big deal.
My girlfriend do this to relieve the pain when she has a migraine :
She put hers hands for 1 minute in a sink filled with hot water. After that she say that at least 50% of the pain has gone. Somebody explained to her that that was because the blood would leave the head to go into the hands and thus relieve the pressure.
My two cents.
Their is a major flaw. RIAA could take the source code an modify the program so that it gives the real address of every node and with a little number of "trap computers" they would be able to bring some people to court.
I don't think this will happen because you have to share your work so that other people can make it better. And VietNam NEEDs to make OSS better because now it's not accustomized to their taste. So it will not be a problem at all.
Call me paranoid but I am asking myself where MS and co will stop to have the Open Source Mouvement crushed. I would not be surprised to suddenly view in the news a prestigious "leader" of the OS Mouvement being accused of pedophilia or harrassement, you know. Everything to remove the credibility of someone and what it represent. I think SCO and all is a gentle idea of what Microsoft could be cooking in the background. After all, there is BIG money involved and we know that Ms won't let go, by any means.
For me it's getting obvious that the lawyers firm think that this case is getting too hot to handle. So they asked this poor dumb heise guy to deal with it. He accepted since he's a yes man type. He doesn't really realise what he's in and what will fall on him sooner or latter. After all the mess will be done and the case is closed, the law firm will just say that he was incompetent and fire him, keeping a good professional image.