Technology Floss raises an interesting point or three in his Open letter to Miguel de Icaza.

The main thrust of the argument is that the community needs clear and comprehensive assurances from Microsoft; which is something I think everyone should be agreeing on.

Again, to come back to one of my favorite mantras: it is the poor quality of mono apologists that moved me from apathetic to active on the mono question.

Another of my PATENTED analogies:

The mono recipe

1 part wide-eyed innocence: “Oh my, people are upset we cut a secretive and exclusive deal with Microsoft. No one could have forseen this! Leave Britney alone!”

1 part 3rd-Grade Lawyering: “But Mom! Everyone is violating patents! Why can’t I!”

1 part vicious personal attacks: “Mono critics are stupid zealots who eat babies and listen to Solja Boy”)

3 part straight up lies: “Every technology is equally risky. Microsoft is just like every company. Steve Ballmer has a full sleeve tattoo of the GPL.”

2 part overwhelming conceit: “Mono is awesome rocks. This API is brilliant. Gorgeous. Oh Christ, I just came all over this debugger. Jesus take me now…this namespace!! /squirt squirt squirt

Combine into one big stew of I don’t trust you.