Summary: Yet more evidence that Team Mono is in Microsoft's pocket

Miguel de Icaza's latest rantings against GNU/Linux have gotten so much attention. Even CNN covered it, via Wired magazine. Our daily links contain links about it and these include good rebuttals. But many were missing some context; de Icaza was never much of a friend of GNU philosophy; he was more into the Microsoft mindset and his current company is no exception.

Xamarin recently announced yet another Microsoft collaboration. Quoting The H, "Microsoft has announced that it is open sourcing the software development kit (SDK) for its Azure Mobile Services backend for Windows Store applications. The company has also said that it will partner with Xamarin to expand the SDK to support the iOS and Android platforms."

Xamarin got cash from former Microsoft executives, so this makes business sense. Eventually, the main beneficiary is Microsoft. ⬆