Comments on: Can GNOME 3.0 Avoid Mono Despite GNOME Foundation Director Being Novell Employee? http://techrights.org/2009/11/12/gnome-staff-novell/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: your_friend http://techrights.org/2009/11/12/gnome-staff-novell/comment-page-1/#comment-75503 your_friend Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:55:21 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=21666#comment-75503 <blockquote> there is nothing on the GNOME 3.0 roadmap[1] with regards to Mono ... being the GNOME foundation director does not mean that somebody commands the technical direction of the project in the slightest. This is free software; it isn’t like being captain of a ship.</blockquote> Thank you for the good news about the road map but the virtues and resilience of free software do not excuse Novell and others who advocate mono. That the Gnome community is rejecting the advice of Novell tainted "leaders" is good evidence that Roy has been right all along. It is interesting that you would try to turn this defeat into an insult for someone responsible for leading the community away from Microsoft's trap. Congratulations, BN, you are winning.

there is nothing on the GNOME 3.0 roadmap[1] with regards to Mono … being the GNOME foundation director does not mean that somebody commands the technical direction of the project in the slightest. This is free software; it isn’t like being captain of a ship.

Thank you for the good news about the road map but the virtues and resilience of free software do not excuse Novell and others who advocate mono. That the Gnome community is rejecting the advice of Novell tainted “leaders” is good evidence that Roy has been right all along. It is interesting that you would try to turn this defeat into an insult for someone responsible for leading the community away from Microsoft’s trap.

Congratulations, BN, you are winning.

]]> By: Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2009/11/12/gnome-staff-novell/comment-page-1/#comment-75483 Roy Schestowitz Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:34:00 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=21666#comment-75483 No, there <em>are</em> some people who want a tighter integration with Mono. If you examine the evidence, you will see it. You don't need to wait for the camel's nose to enter the tent before responding. Many of our predictions about Mono became true. No, there are some people who want a tighter integration with Mono. If you examine the evidence, you will see it.

You don’t need to wait for the camel’s nose to enter the tent before responding. Many of our predictions about Mono became true.

]]> By: Dylan McCall http://techrights.org/2009/11/12/gnome-staff-novell/comment-page-1/#comment-75478 Dylan McCall Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:54:24 +0000 http://boycottnovell.com/?p=21666#comment-75478 Well, Roy, given that there is nothing on the GNOME 3.0 roadmap[1] with regards to Mono, your question is completely off base. For what it's worth, though, the answer would be yes: GNOME has not built a dependency on Mono. (This isn't intentional either way; it's simply the reality that the GNOME platform likes C, with the newest languages on the block being Vala and Javascript + cool Gobject stuff). [1] http://live.gnome.org/ThreePointZero/Plan GNOME, as I am sure you know, is liked for being rather language-agnostic. For example, panel applets at the moment can be written in whatever language a developer likes and gtk+ is available practically anywhere. That attitude isn't changing; it's what makes GNOME a powerful platform and one of the reasons for its strong standing on the free software desktop market. Also, being the GNOME foundation director does not mean that somebody commands the technical direction of the project in the slightest. This is free software; it isn't like being captain of a ship. Of course, you would know that if you actually followed the project you are trying to attack instead of posting sensationalist garble. Well, Roy, given that there is nothing on the GNOME 3.0 roadmap[1] with regards to Mono, your question is completely off base. For what it’s worth, though, the answer would be yes: GNOME has not built a dependency on Mono. (This isn’t intentional either way; it’s simply the reality that the GNOME platform likes C, with the newest languages on the block being Vala and Javascript + cool Gobject stuff).

[1] http://live.gnome.org/ThreePointZero/Plan

GNOME, as I am sure you know, is liked for being rather language-agnostic. For example, panel applets at the moment can be written in whatever language a developer likes and gtk+ is available practically anywhere. That attitude isn’t changing; it’s what makes GNOME a powerful platform and one of the reasons for its strong standing on the free software desktop market.

Also, being the GNOME foundation director does not mean that somebody commands the technical direction of the project in the slightest. This is free software; it isn’t like being captain of a ship.

Of course, you would know that if you actually followed the project you are trying to attack instead of posting sensationalist garble.

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