[Mono-list] Uncertainty and Doubt about MONO

[adam at morrison-ind.com]

>> My brain still hurts on this whole thing.
>> Here is what I'd _like_ to think :
>> Microsoft isn't saying it will sue anyone over infringement, but its not
>> saying (to everyone) its not. The "possibility" is enough for "corporate
>> suits" to consider keeping Linux out of the server room (in some
>> businesses) just because of that. So this deal definitely allows some IT
>> VP's to say - Put in Linux now, I feel totally safe with it.
>> Having said that - what happens in 5 years? [big question mark here]

What happens in 5 years?  Who the heck knows.

> And here is the reality
> Try and find Corel Linux. You won't. Now find out why and you'll see
> something very unpleasant. Getting into bed with the devil is a sure way
> to get the wobbly dangly bits of your anatomy well and truly burned.

Or because it was a crappy product that was poorly managed.