MS .net vs Mono, Open Source

vinsci writes "Sometimes, reader comments to reporter-written stories are just as good as the stories themselves. Such as David Mohring's comment yesterday on ZDNet.com's story Mono & .Net: The odd couple. Since Microsoft are now using their licensing terms to stop GPL and LGPL free software, it would be a welcome sign of free software maturity at Microsoft if they actually resolved the Mono issue. The gist of his comment: 'Microsoft's CEOs have made it 'patently' clear that they intend to restrict competing .Net implementations by cultivating Microsoft's patents, [...] Mono also implements parts of .NET that have NOT been submitted to ECMA and ISO standards. Those parts of Mono lack even the protection for IP infringement with re-implementation that ISO documentation licensing implies. [...] There [are] those that claim that .NET is open to re-implementation, but until Microsoft make a simliar public legal declaration to Sun's JSPA, any .NET re-implementation represents a pending legal mindfield.' While on the subject of C# development, users of the GPL'd C# development environment SharpDevelop may also want to try Eclipse together with the Open Source Improve CSharp plugin for Eclipse. Eclipse also support C/C++ these days using GCC and GDB, thanks to the CDT. There are about two hundred add-on plugins available for Eclipse. Eclipse itself is available for many platforms, including Linux with native GTK 2 support."

Huh?

[cube00]

"..it would be a welcome sign of free software maturity at Microsoft if they actually resolved the Mono issue."

What? Microsoft mature? ..nah

I once lived near a legal mindfield...

[bman08]

...or so I thought. Turns out the hardworking mindfarmers were actually growing minds without a license. An illegal mindfield. Can you imagine?

Re:Santa Clause? Not Microsoft!

[D+iz+a+n+k+Meister]

Yes Microsoft!! Santa gives things away, like some kind of commie bastard. They probably want all legal avenues at their disposal to stop this threat to their lively hood.

I had a choice...

[sheldon]

I could sleep off Christmas dinner, or relax in my chair reading slashdot.

Sleeping would have been more intellectually stimulating than reading this nonsense. I'll remember that next year.

Re:Santa Clause? Not Microsoft!

[Waffle Iron]

Santa gives things away, like some kind of commie bastard.

He's worse than a commie bastard. He's a commie bastard fool.

People have leeched trillions of dollars by ripping off his valuable trademark image, and he's done nothing to stop it. He is such a poor steward of his own intellectual property that he should be sued for negligence.

His business plan sucks:

1) His elven employees make toys all year
2) Give away toys
3) WTF ???????? No profit!!!

This is worse than any .COM boondogle. When he runs out of cash, all of his elves are going to be out in the street. How can he live with himself?

I've got news for all of the slasbots out there: there's no such thing as a free sugarplum. This Santa fairy tail is going to end soon. Milk and cookies don't pay the rent. Mark my words, if Saint Nicholas wants to make a go of it in this economy against heavyweights like Wal Mart and Best Buy, he's going to have to demand that people leave a major credit card out for him. And he's going to have to charge a steep premium for holiday home delivery and setup. The writing's on the wall, folks. It's time to pay a fair price for your toys.

Well...

[Dirtside]

...I'd personally rather get mono than use .net.

Oh, that Mono. Nevermind.

sci-fi novel?

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... but until Microsoft make a simliar public legal declaration to Sun's JSPA, any .NET re-implementation represents a pending legal mindfield.

Hey, anyone can make spelling mistakes. But this sounds like a great idea for a sci-fi novel ... our intrepid heroes carefully make their way through a mindfield, using an, er, mindsweeper ...