On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 19:00 -0700, Bruce Byfield wrote: > On Fri, 2008-05-16 at 03:12 -0400, Ric Moore wrote: > > > > > I think that Fedora may be giving KDE more loving attention now that > > Mono is potentially on the legal ropes, which Gnome uses/doesn't use/may > > use ...it's confusing to me. There's been some controversy over Mono and > > ties to the Evil Empire. KDE might be the answer to that problem, if we > > need to get rid of Mono completely with short notice and it is found to > > have tainted Gnome. Even Beagle got mentioned. > > > > http://www.linux.com/feature/21338 > > > > Interesting read, and it's about the most unbiased I've found. OTOH, > > there are some sites really raising hell ...FUD? I dunno. I'm not a > > legal expert nor am I tuned into the "inner-sanctums" of how it all > > works. Just google on "gnome mono microsoft" if you really want to see > > some raves on the topic. But, none have mentioned KDE as possibly > > "tainted", so there is that! :) Ric > > I don't see the need for Mono, and I'm not defending it. > > However, if you check the date on the article you link to, you'll notice > that it's six years old. > > Since then, nothing in the discussion about Mono has really changed. The > same arguments against it get revived periodically, that's all. But, so > far as I know, Mono is neither more nor less "on the ropes" now than it > has been in the last six years. > > As to exactly how much that actually is -- well, your guess is as good > as mine. GNOME obviously isn't too worried, and Mark Shuttleworth > recently issued a statement saying that he saw no reason for concern. > > I think that part of the reaction to Mono is part of that same knee-jerk > reaction that happens whenever anything related to Microsoft gets > mentioned. That reaction makes it very hard to decide whether there's > any real cause for concern. I believe that. But, it'll sure as heck be interesting to see what shoe M$ drops on us in the future. That there will be one is beyond doubt to me, from everything they'll pulled in the past. Ric -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net <---down4now too ================================================ -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
