[Mono-devel-list] Re: How can Mono Existing if WinFX, Avalon, Indigio and Aero comes up with Longhorn and WinXP?

[Todd Berman]

On Tue, 2004-09-14 at 02:45 +0200, falkmilan at yahoo.de wrote:
> Iam amusing.
> 

Yes. Yes you are.

> If you dont like Microsoft (like i do) why do you working side by side 
> on a Port
> of its strategic Core Product?
> 

I dont have any particular disdain for Microsoft. However, It is very
possible that John has disdain for Microsoft potentially on the business
ethic level. Business ethics and Technical abilities are not related.

And I don't think it is exactly 'working side by side'.

> You are a littlte bit masochistic??
>
> Iam not a Microsoft Lawyer and iam only develop Software in C/C++ and 
> Java on all
> Platforms my customers asking me for to write Software.
> 

So then what are you doing?

> After 10 Years Software Development in C/C++ and x86 Assembler  and SQL 
> there to many
> poor things on DOS and Windows Platforms  and Java helps me to forget 
> all this nastig
> Things.
> 
> In Java i have a Virtual Machine and inside this my Programm works fin 
> on every OS where
> a Virtual Machine is present. What should i say, it works fine for me 
> and i have no Trouble with it.
> 
> Ad it is Source Open but not OpenSource and i feel really better if Java 
> dont wanna OpenSource,
> then any People can criple Java and the compatibility is blown away.
> 

Java is 'SourceOpen' the same way that Microsoft's Rotor SSCLI
implementation of .net is 'opensource'. If anything, Rotor is even more
'SourceOpen'. The ability to download the source code of an application
does not make it opensource or even 'SourceOpen' (Whatever that is).

> Better for me i have checked and certified JVM (exceptionally the 
> Blackdown OpenSource Project)
> SUN checks Blackdown also but for zero costs as tribute to OpenSource.

Good. Go develop Java software and stop spamming this mailing list with
your stuff. If you aren't interested in developing with mono or for
mono, we aren't interested in you polluting this mailing list. It's
fine, we will do perfectly ok without your contributions. So don't lose
any sleep over it.


--Todd