02.11.10
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Posted in GNU/Linux, Mono, Quote, Ubuntu, Windows at 5:23 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Mr. Shuttleworth is a very clever guy. So why does he keep the Windows API (Mono) inside Ubuntu GNU/Linux?
“Every line of code that is written to our standards is a small victory; every line of code that is written to any other standard, is a small defeat.”
–James Plamondon, Microsoft Technical Evangelist. From Exhibit 3096; Comes v. Microsoft litigation [PDF]
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Agent_Smith said,
February 12, 2010 at 2:02 pm
When did he say that ???
nrballard said,
February 15, 2010 at 12:48 am
This post makes no sense. The story contradicts the headline without any further explanation or context.
Is the point of the story that Shittleworth has contradicted himself?
Roy Schestowitz said,
February 15, 2010 at 9:55 am
Not quite.
On several occasions he spoke about how Ubuntu/GNU/Linux should be unique and not rely on Wine, for example. But he is allowing Mono to become part of Ubuntu.
Agent_Smith said,
February 16, 2010 at 5:21 pm
Well, if I (and many others, and i think the majority) switched to Linux was to get away from the atrocious win32/64 api… Now, some folks are trying to inject those api’s into Linux… What makes me feel relieved are the community oriented distributions (note Debian and Fedora, mainly). These distros will not succumb to “inventions” and experimentation on Linux.
Roy Schestowitz Reply:
February 16th, 2010 at 5:33 pm
It’s more complicated than that inside Debian, but that’s a story I would rather not touch as it upsets many people (who comment here).