Andrew Savory a.savory@btinternet.com writes:
Not even slightly. .Net is a framework for internet applications.
Not quite. I'll forward the best explanation I've been sent as soon as I find it again.
.Net is yet another way of Microsoft embracing, extending and ultimately consuming the internet.
So, should Free Software (Mono, dotGNU) be aiding and abetting them in this smash and grab on Eden?
On Wed, 18 Jul, 2001 at 18:32 +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
So, should Free Software (Mono, dotGNU) be aiding and abetting them in this smash and grab on Eden?
Well, there are parts of .Net that are sane and sensible, and it doesn't hurt to have another framework for internet application development. I'd rather Free Software did do it and give us interoperability than not, and see Linux pushed away from mainstream again.
Andrew.
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