[PLUG] Mono (Was "Request for anyone going to Linuxworld")

[JP Toto <viceclown@yahoo.com>]

Thanks, Toby. You took the words right out of my mouth. I thought I 
remember reading that there was actually some collaboration or at least 
some kind of information sanctioning of mono by Microsoft. As Toby says, 
the more playforms .NET binaries run on the more penetration Microsoft 
gets. That's why the whole idea of mono leaves a sour taste in alot of 
Linux users' mouths.

Cheerios, - JP

Tobias DiPasquale wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 16:29, John Lavin wrote:
>
> > I assume you're being sarcastic right?  I'm sure they just looooove mono.
> > Here they try and invent a proprietary standard and somebody goes out and
> > develops and open standard before they've released anything.
>
>
> Actually, they couldn't love Mono more. The more platforms .NET runs on,
> the more chances they have to infiltrate businesses, organizations,
> desktops and governments. They have voiced this opinion themselves. .NET
> is not about a development platform, its about an execution platform
> that brings Microsoft away from being a software company, and into being
> a services company. Xbox, PocketPC, etc... they're moving into a lot of
> markets and .NET is the centerpiece technology in this plan.

--
JP Toto
ViceClown@yahoo.com
jtoto@member.fsf.org

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