Many mono apologists like to portray critics as fanatics, aggressively opposed to anything Microsoft-related.
Here’s the thing about that:
I didn’t go out and ask for mono or Moonlight; I didn’t order out to get Microsoft stuffing all up in my GNU/Linux turkey.
In fact, everything was pretty much just fine until you showed up knocking at my distribution’s door, covered in the offal of the sacrifice of integrity, wiped a bit of Ballmer’s love juices off your chin and said: “Right then, give us a kiss.”
Oh- and despite being told to go away time and time again, you just keep knocking.
Mono apologists don’t get to pretend that people being wary or critical are acting irrationally. To be cautious concerning Microsoft not paranoia, rather it is understandable, indeed crucial. It is 100% the apologist’s burden to explain and convince the community why they should buy what you are selling.
That you’ve been at it for ~9 years now and people still aren’t buying is your failure – and speaks to the value of the wares you are peddling.
