I see shades of Enderle’s infamous attack on Groklaw in the usual suspects blame of mono critics for the demise of Novell and mono. PJ’s response [2] should be linked for the sake of fairness, though the stupidity of Enderle’s and mono boosters charges speak for themselves.

The destruction of great American technology companies like SCO, SGI, HP and Novell and attendant loss of jobs are the intentional result of Microsoft malice. A quote from a Microsoft training manual is appropriate here:

Victory. The developers, marketers, and managers of the competing technology give up the sinking ship, and interview for positions at Microsoft. Victory is sweet. Savor it. Then, find a new technology to evangelize — and get back to work

Microsoft is evil and will leave most of those who lose their jobs unemployed. As they put it,

ISVs— independent software vendors—are pawns in the struggle between platform vendors … You can’t let them feel like they’re pawns in the struggle. I mean, all through this presentation previously I talked about how you’re using the pawns you’re going to screw them if they don’t do what they want, and da-da-dah. You can’t let them feel like that. … It’s like you’re going out with a girl… you have to talk long term and white picket fence and all these other wonderful things, or else you’re never going to get what you’re really looking for.

If you are using mono, .NET, Windows or any other Microsoft technology, Microsoft is screwing you.