Comments on: As Mono Runs Out of Money Developers Avoid It

By: Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Dr. Roy Schestowitz — Fri, 27 May 2011 18:39:37 +0000

There was an interesting discussion in IRC today, where some people basically claimed that Android &CyanogenMod have become hot targets for Mono astroturfers. It’s not surprising since Android is a major source of Linux growth, and one that Microsoft frantically attacks with patent lawsuits, secret blackmail, patent trolls, etc.

By: Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Dr. Roy Schestowitz — Fri, 27 May 2011 18:36:20 +0000

Many schools have pressure applied to them by Microsoft and the Gates Foundation so that they teach young people Windows and Microsoft development, at taxpayers’ expense. That too is a root of the issue — one we must acknowledge and then address.

By: twitter

twitter — Fri, 27 May 2011 18:02:35 +0000

I wish developers would just forget about Windows. Free software developers surely should. People have been better off with free software for a long time. Developers should tell their friends this and move on.

By: Needs Sunlight

Needs Sunlight — Fri, 27 May 2011 06:41:09 +0000

So except for the astroturfers there is no one praising it. And except for the developers using their own money, no one is buying either. It sounds like high time for distros to reconsider including Mono even in the repositories. The distros do need to face up to how it got included in the first place and adjust their workflow so that astroturfers and shills can’t pull one over again.

Having applications that depend on Mono … well, we don’t even need to say how that looks now.