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
2010-02-16 22:33:44
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).
nrballard
2010-02-15 05:48:56
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
2010-02-15 14:55:13
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.
In an age when ~1,000 simultaneous layoffs aren't enough to receive any media coverage, what can we expect remaining publishers to tell us about Microsoft layoffs in 2026?
Is the "era of AI" an era when none of the media will mention over 800 layoffs? [...] There's a lesson here about the state of the contemporary media, not just IBM and bluewashing
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Agent_Smith
2010-02-12 19:02:09
Agent_Smith
2010-02-16 22:21:14
Roy Schestowitz
2010-02-16 22:33:44
nrballard
2010-02-15 05:48:56
Is the point of the story that Shittleworth has contradicted himself?
Roy Schestowitz
2010-02-15 14:55:13
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.