Comments on: Criticism of Mono Now “Disappearing”

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:24:24 +0000

Sometimes the criticism’s disappearance is not Microsoft’s doing…i.e. what happened to newsforge?

It links to Linux.com.

By the way, no-one is accusing Microsoft here.

By: Scott Mace

Scott Mace — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:21:26 +0000

Sometimes the criticism’s disappearance is not Microsoft’s doing…i.e. what happened to newsforge?

By: beatnik

beatnik — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:42:39 +0000

Sadly, some people discuss the Mono topic only in developer terms. But in reality business concerns overrides development issues. The CEO decision is more worth than what the developer wants.
I am not sure if all Mono supporters are aware of the real business life. I think some of them imagine an MS representative sitting on his desk and thinking one beautiful morning: “Now we have made enough money. It is time to think about what we can do for the society. I see, we help the GNU/Linux movement to prosper. They are such nice persons.” No, wrong way. It is about shareholder values, lobbying, sales pitches, marketing, PR, patent strategy, strategic alliance, judicial subjects, etc. All the planning is result-oriented concerning financial issues and not designed to improve society.

I am not against money making for a living but I am against making money on expenses of a free society.

By: eet

eet — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:23:07 +0000

Well, you didn’t want to believe me when I warned you that you are doing more harm than good to your own cause by writing masse amounts of tabloid-style slander. Now you are seeing the consequences – nobody takes you seriously, whoever tries to lobby against Mono on a Linux-forum is promptly labeled a troll.

This has nothing to do with Microsoft’s influence, it is all your own doing.

By: amd-linux

amd-linux — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:48:21 +0000

From the Micro-Soft’s Anti-FOSS campaign handbok:

1. Divide the community with seemingly open idea/product: CHECK.

Thank you, Mark. Intel and Google are not stupid enough to use Mono in their products – why the heck do YOU think you need it?

Never forget: The most glowing supporters can be come relentless opponents when they begin to feel ***-raped – and that is what I and many others who use, support and preach Ubuntu since 4.10 start feeling now.

Please, STOP IT, Mark!