Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 21st Jan 2004 07:56 UTC
Unix was originally all about not being... Multics. If Mono is to follow a similar nomenclature (just for the kicks), we have to talk about Mono's upcoming 'monopolization' and 'monarchy' in the next generation of the Unix programming land. Your see, if everything goes well, in 2 to 3 years most new Gnome user/desktop applications will be written --hopefully-- in Mono and C#. Update: Miguel deIcaza replies.
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this case is actually a two-handed sword: Some people seem to think that Microsoft might use its legal clout to shut down Mono" if it no longer suited Microsoft's purposes, said Don Marti, 34, editor in chief of Linux Journal.
If, in far / near future, Mono is the established main Dev Framework for Linux Applications, Microsoft would have it easy to make Life for Linux really difficult.
Just think about SCO.