Jo Shields is an active mono apologist, especially in the Ubuntu community. Often, after he posts something on his blog, the talking points go endlessly around the Ubuntu Forums and related sites. Take for example, his brilliantly argued ZOMG! TEH PATENTZ!
Now the basic premise that Mr. Shields lays down here is: Microsoft has lots of patents. So, if you reject mono because of patent concerns, you must also reject a whole lot of technologies. He goes on to list a lot:
- SOAP
- rlogin
- PAP
- COM+
- traceroute
- gopher
- IP over ATM
- ping
- Kerberos
- PPP
- POP3
- Appletalk
- DHCP
- SASL
- TLS
- LDAP
- PPPoA
- IPSEC
- IPv6
- PPPoE
- 6to4
- HTTP
- PPTP
- CIFS
- Firewire
- PXE
- TFTP
- IPv4
- telnet
- echo
- FTP
- SSL
- DNS
Of course, what he fails to mention – a perfectly honest oversight, I am sure – is that every single one of these technologies is covered under Microsoft’s Open Specification Promise. Go ahead and check. I did.
Now, guess a technology is not so covered…
If said “mono” or “moonlight” you win an official mono-nono.com “Don’t Bullshit Me, Son!” award!
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