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Moonlight
Jan 5, 2008, 05 :00 UTC (40 Talkback[s]) (11382 reads)
(Other stories by Miguel de Icaza)

"My good friend Robert O'Callahan discusses Silverlight on his latest blog entry, in particular, he asks the question:

"No matter how good Silvelright is or how bad the alternatives are, Silverlight domination will be a really bad thing for free software so I question why Miguel wants to push in that direction.

"Robert, it is very easy.

"I have been using Linux as my main desktop operating system since 1992 and endured every missing feature, every broken driver, every broken X setup and every missing application since I started..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Is it just me, or is Silverlight yet ano ...   Kool Aid   
Rob
Jan 5, 2008, 06:31:53  
I found this quote quite telling of the ...   Moonlight is futile   
judecn
Jan 5, 2008, 07:31:23  
Miguel ---I feel your pain. Daring to s ...   Poor Miguel...   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Jan 5, 2008, 10:08:29  
I really do hate Flash. The vast majorit ...   Here Come the Silverlight Ads   
Tomb
Jan 5, 2008, 15:46:02  
Is Miguel really that naive?Microsoft is ...   Deluded   
Tim
Jan 5, 2008, 16:34:22  
... then I, for one, will never use it. ...   If Silverlight/Moonlight is as open as OOXML...   
agaragar
Jan 5, 2008, 19:06:33  
With all due respect to Miguel's hug ...   Re: Poor Miguel...   
pcmo
Jan 5, 2008, 19:16:49  
I really do understand Icaza's reaso ...   Moonlight one more step toward control   
paul
Jan 5, 2008, 19:38:02  
Remember that the long term strategy of ...   Re: Re: Poor Miguel...   
pcmo
Jan 5, 2008, 20:10:33  
Flash? Winning the web? HEhehhe I thin ...   Re: Poor dino...   
sadfkjjidsfoajlkndklsafj
Jan 5, 2008, 21:46:25  
So if another random company other than ...   Re: Re: Re: Poor Miguel...   
J
Jan 6, 2008, 01:12:03  
> With all due respect to Miguel's h ...   Re: Re: Poor Miguel...   
Bob
Jan 6, 2008, 01:20:30  
He wrote parts of binutils which I guara ...   Re: Kool Aid   
Bob
Jan 6, 2008, 01:24:15  
> Miguel ---> I feel your pain. Daring ...   Re: Poor Miguel...   
Barney
Jan 6, 2008, 01:44:09  
> I found this quote quite telling of th ...   Re: Moonlight is futile   
Bob
Jan 6, 2008, 01:49:52  
> Flash? Winning the web? HEhehhe I th ...   Re: Re: Poor dino...   
Barney
Jan 6, 2008, 01:55:39  
> Flash? Winning the web? HEhehhe I th ...   Re: Re: Poor dino...   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Jan 6, 2008, 02:28:05  
I agree with this. Its not a smart move ...   Re: Moonlight one more step toward control   
Phil
Jan 6, 2008, 03:54:02  
> Last I looked, open stuff isn't wi ...   Re: Poor Miguel...   
Tony OBryan
Jan 6, 2008, 05:01:03  
> So if another random company other tha ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Poor Miguel...   
pcmo
Jan 6, 2008, 05:14:26  
> 1) Fear of incompatibility. Free Sof ...   Re: Re: Poor Miguel...   
pcmo
Jan 6, 2008, 06:05:56  
>Now creating interfaces that meet moder ...   Re: Re: Re: Poor Miguel...   
pcmo
Jan 6, 2008, 07:23:41  
> I can't speak for anyone else here ...   Re: Kool Aid   
Rainer Weikusat
Jan 6, 2008, 08:08:51  
> When there is a dominant incumbent pr ...   Re: Re: Re: Poor Miguel...   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Jan 6, 2008, 11:28:36  
> When there is a dominant incumbent pr ...   Re: Re: Re: Poor Miguel...   
Tony OBryan
Jan 6, 2008, 18:24:34  
Seems the whole discussion here is kind ...   Open Source ecosystems   
Mark
Jan 6, 2008, 19:20:35  
[...].>> Apache had no infrastructure of ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Poor Miguel...   
Rainer Weikusat
Jan 6, 2008, 19:26:10  
Silverlight will not be adopted by even ...   Oh Jeez.. Not this **** again.   
ThoreauHD
Jan 6, 2008, 20:50:53  
> Apache is an HTTP-server which grew or ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poor Miguel...   
Tony OBryan
Jan 6, 2008, 22:27:27  
Miguel has much influence, because he ha ...   Re: Oh Jeez.. Not this **** again.   
Bernard Swiss
Jan 7, 2008, 01:21:03  
Excellent advice, but an asterisk is cal ...   Re: Re: Oh Jeez.. Not this **** again.   
Dean Pannell (a.k.a. dinotrac)
Jan 7, 2008, 02:04:16  
[snip].> Nevertheless, I have more faith ...   Re: Re: Re: Oh Jeez.. Not this **** again.   
Bob
Jan 7, 2008, 02:58:51  
> Several years ago, I managed to dislod ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Poor Miguel...   
Phil
Jan 7, 2008, 06:04:50  
> > Apache is an HTTP-server which grew ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poor Miguel...   
Rainer Weikusat
Jan 7, 2008, 08:18:17  
[judecn, mostly quoting Miguel I:]>> "Fr ...   What a nasty thread on LT, part 1   
Jose_X
Jan 7, 2008, 09:13:13  
> [judecn, mostly quoting Miguel I:]> >> ...   Re: What a nasty thread on LT, part 1   
Bob
Jan 7, 2008, 17:08:51  
This comment is part of my reply to http ...   Bob, I found your reply interesting   
Jose_X
Jan 8, 2008, 06:07:20  
I left part 1 discussing the obvious ..t ...   Bob, ...pt2 ..this is short reply   
Jose_X
Jan 8, 2008, 06:44:24  
>> You like making mountains out of mole ...   Bob, ...pt3   
Jose_X
Jan 8, 2008, 07:50:31  
>> I mean that no one has a full impleme ...   Bob, ...pt4   
Jose_X
Jan 8, 2008, 08:54:48  
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