Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 7th Jul 2009 08:51 UTC, submitted by PLan
We've already seen some heavy discussion on Mono and C# here on OSNews the past few weeks, as it became clear the patent situation regarding the ECMA parts of Mono was anything but faith inspiring. This issue seems to be resolved now: Microsoft has made a legally binding promise not to sue anyone who uses or distributes implementations of said ECMA standards. Following this news, Mono will be split in two; the ECMA standard parts, and the rest.
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RE[12]: Comment by kaiwai
by niemau on Wed 8th Jul 2009 13:59
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Member since:2007-06-28
"[q]As a Mono developer who was there on day 1, I can say, with confidence, that you are very very wrong. Mono was created to make it easier to write applications on Linux. The original goal of Mono was never to be the WINE of .NET and our main goal has not changed. We've implemented Windows.Forms for completeness and to aid in porting Windows .NET apps to Linux, but it was never our focus.
The Mono-project website lists "porting Windows .NET apps to Linux" as the fourth major feature of Mono. "
Correct, but it has never been our primary objective. [/q]
okay, so now you're just going to bend the truth, then? that is the primary objective listed right there on the web for all to see.
i've run into you before. 2+2=5 is your modus operandi. i have made my point. now, go back into your hole. you know you're not here to convince me. you're here to convince others that actually read my post at face value and realize that i'm right.
RE[13]: Comment by kaiwai
by kelvin on Wed 8th Jul 2009 14:43
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Member since:2005-07-06
okay, so now you're just going to bend the truth, then? that is the primary objective listed right there on the web for all to see.
Dude, jsteadfast has been a part of mono since its inception. If anyone knows what the goals of the project are it's he.
Or you can take a look at this interview with Miguel from the time of the original announcement in 2001:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/07/09/why_it_pays_to_embrace/
".NET solves a number of problems we've been trying to solve in GNOME," he told us today. "Instead of wasting our time trying to create a new standard we're embracing .NET and extending it for our own purposes."
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".NET is a company wide initiative. It means too many things - different things to different people. I'm talking about the CLI, the class library and the C# programming language," he told us.
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".NET is a company wide initiative. It means too many things - different things to different people. I'm talking about the CLI, the class library and the C# programming language," he told us.
RE[12]: Comment by kaiwai
by Matzon on Wed 8th Jul 2009 14:00
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Member since:2005-07-06
Member since:
2007-06-21
The Mono-project website lists "porting Windows .NET apps to Linux" as the fourth major feature of Mono. "
Correct, but it has never been our primary objective.