Comments on: Canonical Probably to Put in Next Ubuntu GNU/Linux Mono Parts Which Microsoft Disallows Free of Lawsuits/Charge http://techrights.org/2010/10/30/dot-net-gnu-linux-community-promise/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 By: Dr. Roy Schestowitz http://techrights.org/2010/10/30/dot-net-gnu-linux-community-promise/comment-page-1/#comment-103635 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 19:36:48 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=41277#comment-103635 Mono is about .NET, it’s not about GNU/Linux. The official Web site makes it quite clear.

]]> By: twitter http://techrights.org/2010/10/30/dot-net-gnu-linux-community-promise/comment-page-1/#comment-103631 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:38:19 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=41277#comment-103631 “new applications written in mono will work perfectly on Windows.” To see how ridiculous such an assertion is, look no further than the IE 6 mess now playing out in corporate America. Non free software is defective by design, so chasing it is a fools errand. Only Windows users care if software runs on Windows and this is why the Mono camp will always feel so foreign. They advocate that others waste their time and resources supporting Microsoft’s obsolete, user hostile and dying desktop.

.NET, like VB and MFC before it, is Microsoft’s sucker language. While no developer should expect equal treatment to Microsoft on Windows, the wrapper frameworks are the poorest performers and most easy to sabotage tools available. Microsoft rewards their MVPs with lawsuits if anything of use is ever made. Windows performance is second rate even in the best of cases. The best way to avoid this abuse is to leave Windows and Microsoft behind.

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