GNOME's Evolution Proceeds as Planned?
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2009-06-29 12:25:43 UTC
- Modified: 2009-06-29 12:25:43 UTC
"I'd like to see Gnome applications written in .NET in version 4.0 - no, version 3.0. But Gnome 4.0 should be based on .NET."
--"Gnome to be based on .NET – de Icaza", 2002
Summary: The prophecy of Novell's Miguel de Icaza is becoming true
Today
in the news:
GNOME 3.0 may have more Mono apps
The next major version of the GNOME desktop environment, version 3.0, may contain more than the one Mono-dependent application than it currently does, according to GNOME Foundation member Dave Neary.
[...]
Red Hat's community Linux distribution, Fedora, recently decided to throw out Mono altogether from its default install, and replaced Tomboy with Gnote, a recently created port of Tomboy.
What is Novell doing to GNU/Linux? Should one
buy Microsoft coupons or
Novell's SUSE?
Microsoft
sees itself losing (“We are not on a path to win against Linux,”
wrote Jim Allchin), so it is using Novell as Plan B.
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"[The Novell/Microsoft package] provides IP peace of mind for organizations operating in mixed source environments."
--Ian Bruce, Novell's PR Director
Comments
Dylan McCall
2009-06-29 16:57:54
The article goes on to describe two major candidates for new modules in GNOME 3.0, neither of which has anything to do with Mono. We are reminded that the people who handle GNOME releases apply common sense and try to focus on the end user experience in shipping software.
Probably the most relevant thing here is Dave Neary saying that he has yet to see a compelling module proposal written in Java. This makes lots of sense to me, given that any Java app is woefully out of place in the GNOME environment. (GTK+ is rather a necessity unless you have a Very Good Reason or just don't have a GUI).
Otherwise, the article just says that the GNOME project is willing to support Mono apps and somehow paints that like something has changed. Really, though, it doesn't have anything to do with Mono. This article is a ridiculous, unnecessary, very distant glimpse at GNOME's release process.
Your article takes the article's somewhat off topic, nearly sensationalist headline and amplifies it for no good reason. Your summary here has, from what I can see (maybe I don't have enough space between the lines), absolutely nothing to do with the article. You are just using the link (and only the link; not the content inside of that page) as a catalyst for the latest crazed nonsense you have dreamed up.
Roy, did you RTFA?
Roy Schestowitz
2009-06-29 17:18:17
DiamondWakizashi
2009-06-29 17:30:57
lalala
2009-06-29 17:48:05
DiamondWakizashi
2009-06-29 18:20:28
lalala
2009-06-29 18:29:08
G. Michaels
2009-06-29 18:57:55
http://www.reddit.com/user/AstralKnight/
:)
DiamondWakizashi
2009-06-29 19:13:22
Dylan McCall
2009-06-29 19:35:01
(Having said that, I think the crazy guessing about who is a nymshift of who needs to stop on both ends because it doesn't achieve anything of benefit and it has the potential of really harming people who are falsely accused of it).
Roy Schestowitz
2009-06-29 19:36:27
twitter
2009-06-29 20:00:42
JohnD
2009-06-29 20:04:49
Roy Schestowitz
2009-06-29 20:39:01
G. Michaels
2009-06-29 21:07:54
As long as we're into the usual conspiracy theories, I would posit that the extraordinary efforts your nymshifters are engaged in right now is an indication that you've become desperate. It's not uncommon for people in difficult situations to project that way.
In this sense, DiamonWakizashi/AstralKnight/CyberPhoenix/Mark Fink on Digg/Reddit/Mixx/Ubuntu and twitter/Erris/Mactrope/gnutoo/willeyhill/westbake/inTheLoo/Odder/ibane/deadzero/freenix/mycopywrong/GNUChop/right handed/etc on Slashdot are a valuable asset to you, no doubt.
lalala
2009-06-29 21:18:20