A Mono developer responds to a request for "a calm presentation of why Mono is desirable, why it is not a threat, and why it should be included in Ubuntu by default" answering the three questions individually, then attempting to address general anti-Mono sentiment.
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Member since:2006-12-22
I will answer with one user answer: I use Gnome Do, F-Spot, Tomboy, and Banshee daily. Without them, I don’t know if I’d use Gnome at all. None of the C/C++/Python/etc alternatives I’ve tried have been nearly as nice.
Thank you so much for this post. I face Mono FUD every time I mention any of the products above. In my life Mono has only ever been an extremely positive force, and I can’t imagine its any more of a patent risk than every other piece of free software. Hell I “illegally” use ffmpeg every day, and I would guess most Mono haters do as well. Not sure why they aren’t scared of patents in one case (ffmpeg) where there have already been legal threats, and quaking in their boots over Mono which as you stated is just implementing an international standard.
(FWIW I’m a Python web developer who has been using Debian & Ubuntu as my sole OS for a few years now.)
Thanks for your hard work on Mono! Its definitely *very* appreciated!
Please pick the sad thing...
Member since:2005-07-06
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2006-04-22
The really sad thing is that had Miguel and his group invested as much time and effort into python or Java, just imagine how amazingly well those languages would be for developing gnome? They are good even now. Especially with regard to IDE development. And for what? Something that is roughly as good as Java and Python? Total waste of effort, massive missed opportunity to advance gnome development, and created major divisions within the gnome community. Sad.