Nothing I love more than getting bombarded with pro-Microsoft messaging out of Team Mono.
Mono For Microsoft
What we have here is a MonoTouch application for the iPhone covering a Microsoft conference and advertising Team Mono’s booth at the same conference for those that “don’t have a Mac”.
Why exactly is this garbage on Planet GNOME and Planet SUSE? (I can understand Planet GNOME, since GNOME seems to have largely adopted the Venerable Ostrich Position on Mono) Do people not get tired of the pro-Mono / pro-Microsoft messaging that has nothing to do with Linux?
At least Team Mono used to pretend there was some benefit for Linux from Mono, lately much/most of the messaging has absolutely nothing to do with Linux.
Part of the reason, of course, is because Mono is making very poor inroads into Linux; so Team Mono must turn towards greener non-Linux fronts for positive news. Everything can’t be about Banshee and F-Spot or whatever other GNOME application space Team Mono decides needs replacing .
The other part of the reason, I would argue, is that Team Mono cares less and less about maintaining the facade that Mono is significantly driven by pro-Linux motivations. If you go back through the Mono apologetics, you’ll see that upon initial introduction much effort was made on how Linux would benefit from Mono – and lately? Not so much.
Microsoft for Mono
Of course, Microsoft rewards its collaborators when it suits them, so Peter Galli has written “Microsoft and Novell: Three Years and Going Strong” where he gives the lapdog a small treat, and doesn’t miss a chance to talk up intellectual “peace of mind” . This is a disgustingly popular code phrase for “Use Microsoft-approved software or we just might sue you”. Microsoft and Novell love to brandish a bit of IP FUD about, especially if they can wield it against Red Hat.
I like to point out another way of looking at “Three Years and Going Strong”: the Novell-Microsoft deal is just as offensive and anti-community today as it was the day it was signed. The reasons for opposing the deal are just as valid today as they were three years ago. The people that walked away from Novell three years ago were right to do so, and anyone that chooses to do so today is equally justified.
#1 by Stephen Dedalus on November 10th, 2009
Better Team Mono concentrates on the iPhone rather than on Linux.
#2 by seller_liar on November 11th, 2009
Mono does not help “interoperability”
.NET windows apps uses proprietary API like directx .It’s not possible to run theses apps in linux because proprietary APIs which runs only in windows .
Mono is not helping the user to have more freedom.I don t see tutorials about to use mono for windows as alternative to .net framework.
In fact novell helps microsoft .Novell recommends .NET framework to run monodevelop.
#3 by Richard on November 11th, 2009
Incorrect, unless you deliberately link in DirectX.
I guess I must have imagined this…
… on Windows, yes. It makes a lot of technical sense to use what’s there.
#4 by seller_liar on November 11th, 2009
Yes , that is , the big problem is devs uses a lot of windows-only API in .net applications.
Technical sense ? Maybe , but not in ethical sense. Monodevelop is a free software product .It Is better to use a free software product to run a free software product.
Novell does not like mono .Novell likes .NET framework.