No Mo' Poisonware, Please
MARTI van Lin has some valuable tips to share about creating Mono-free distributions of GNU/Linux. This comes at a fairly important time when Microsoft is hoping to force-feed everyone, including KDE users, a "clone" package called Mono. It's using the SIlver Lie in order to deceive Web developers and quietly advance Poisonware [1, 2] into people's Web browsers. The whole argument about Mono being complementary or peripheral to GNU/Linux is therefore becoming pointless and moot.
On the other hand, Microsoft will consider developing something for Google's Android operating system, which is open-source and therefore easier to work with.
“It's more manipulation by Microsoft, thanks to Novell's assistance.”Why would anyone expect or actually want Silverlight for GNU/Linux? For starters, Moonlight is not Silverlight. There is no parity and there never will be. Moreover, had Microsoft given GNU/Linux users a binary to run for Silverlight, patent liability would not exist. But by having Novell copy ('steal' or reverse-engineer) Silverlight, Microsoft can later whine and complain about violation of software patents or other ludicrous rights. Moonlight is only for Novell. Fedora won't touch it, for legal as opposed to philosophical reasons.
Going back to the Washington Post article, why would Microsoft support an insignificant mobile device platform while ignoring its sworn #1 competitor? In the same vein and also very similarly, why did the Microsoft-captured BBC support almost every platform including phones and gaming consoles when it comes to iPlayer while at the same time ignoring and even shunning a popular Free platform that Microsoft admits is its most fierce rival? We have been through this before. ⬆
Comments
Zuntrak
2008-10-17 22:36:57
Because Android is just one kernel, one sound engine, one "desktop manager". Android has only one version, with the same libraries, the same patches and the same configuration.
Android is great, but Linux in the desktop sucks.
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
2008-10-19 11:07:55
They do so suck...
Roy Schestowitz
2008-10-19 11:21:04
Chris Lees
2008-10-21 12:19:07
It's like saying that ATI graphics cards are not cross-platform because you can't install them into a Mac Mini.
Also, you've once again taken article quotes out of context! The part about "it's open-source and therefore easier to work with" is part of the article, NOT part of the Microsoft rep's quote. And if you read the article, the URL of which you purposely didn't make a hyperlink, it was all in the context of "We're not making Silverlight for the iPhone because Apple doesn't allow Safari plugins, but if Apple changes its mind we'll do it; and we're looking at maybe doing it in the future on Android because there is no such restriction".
For the benefit of your readers, click on my name and it will take you to the original article.
Roy Schestowitz
2008-10-21 12:25:39
stevetheFLY
2008-10-21 14:20:02
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Roy Schestowitz
2008-10-21 14:27:44
stevetheFLY
2008-10-21 15:02:54
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Roy Schestowitz
2008-10-21 15:16:27