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:What's So Evil About Mono?
What's So Evil About Mono?
Oct 6, 2008, 23 :03 UTC (53 Talkback[s]) (6039 reads)
(Other stories by Carla Schroder)

"Insisting on some kind of purity before putting out the welcome mat is counter-productive. We shouldn't emulate the closed-source proprietary software world, with all of its paranoia, clannishness, and precious secrets. Most change occurs in small steps and takes a lot of patience and support. The effect that FOSS has already had on the software world is astonishing..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
The article try to compare mono with use ...   Article is plain wrong   
Pietro Pesci Feltri
Oct 6, 2008, 23:38:27  
...I think this is a misguided attitude ...   One MORE time.   
Brandioch Conner
Oct 7, 2008, 00:09:10  
From a technical perspective, Samba is a ...   Re: What's So Evil About Mono?   
JJS
Oct 7, 2008, 00:29:28  
The reputation of Mono for being evil is ...   Mono is Leverage for Microsoft   
Scott
Oct 7, 2008, 01:13:31  
Dear Editor;You are seriously doing a Si ...   Pushing a rock up a hill   
Jeff Cobb
Oct 7, 2008, 01:22:37  
Up 'til now Carla, you've been t ...   No one bats 1000   
jp
Oct 7, 2008, 02:05:38  
> The reputation of Mono for being evil ...   Re: Mono is Leverage for Microsoft   
george
Oct 7, 2008, 03:19:19  
Whenever I install an Ubuntu OS, I remov ...   Microsoft == Mono Mono == Evil   
CD Baric
Oct 7, 2008, 04:09:29  
As a new editor, this article puts Carla ...   Carla is Sitting on the Fence   
Stomfi
Oct 7, 2008, 04:20:04  
I can kind of see Carla's point here ...   I sorta see the point, but...   
Alan Moore
Oct 7, 2008, 05:20:35  
I've found that Microsoft is ever ea ...   History   
DDahl
Oct 7, 2008, 07:55:55  
> But then, I'd guess that you are j ...   Re: One MORE time.   
blackhole
Oct 7, 2008, 08:23:54  
all would be fine but Mono is actually n ...   Mono is Not GPL   
damjan
Oct 7, 2008, 12:36:22  
Linux Today, as Linux & FOSS evangelists ...   RE: !Mono !Samba !Wine !Gnome   
Samuel Mukoti
Oct 7, 2008, 13:21:01  
Ever heard of GConf? Here's a link t ...   Re: Re: Mono is Leverage for Microsoft   
Scott
Oct 7, 2008, 14:19:09  
http://www.linuxinsight.com/how-to-clean ...   Re: Re: Re: Mono is Leverage for Microsoft   
Scott
Oct 7, 2008, 14:47:28  
...Brandioch, I was pretty much with you ...   re: Re: One MORE time.   
Brandioch Conner
Oct 7, 2008, 14:49:22  
BTW, that's not really how i feel, b ...   RE: !Mono !Samba !Wine !Gnome   
Samuel Mukoti
Oct 7, 2008, 14:57:36  
> Seriously, this is such a pile of BS, ...   Re: Re: Mono is Leverage for Microsoft   
Evan
Oct 7, 2008, 15:17:06  
Just in case those three are not enough ...   Subject: Re: Mono is Leverage for Microsoft ( Oct   
Scott
Oct 7, 2008, 15:35:13  
> Mono is a waste. No user base.Ever hea ...   Re: Article is plain wrong   
Dean Pannell (aka dinotrac)
Oct 7, 2008, 16:01:41  
Then there is Evolution, Gnome's clo ...   Re: Re: Mono is Leverage for Microsoft   
Scott
Oct 7, 2008, 16:09:35  
> No. It is what is known as "experience ...   Re: One MORE time.   
Dean Pannell (aka dinotrac)
Oct 7, 2008, 16:11:07  
OK, so evertthing except for the class l ...   Re: Mono is Not GPL   
Dean Pannell (aka dinotrac)
Oct 7, 2008, 16:19:29  
Just in case those three are not enough ...   Re: Re: Mono is Leverage for Microsoft   
Scott
Oct 7, 2008, 16:21:54  
> Seriously, this is such a pile of BS> ...   Re: Re: Mono is Leverage for Microsoft   
Scott
Oct 7, 2008, 17:07:27  
> How Ballmer said about how common stan ...   Re: History   
barney
Oct 7, 2008, 17:16:15  
One of the many reasons I prefer KDE. No ...   Use KDE !   
Vikram
Oct 7, 2008, 17:49:03  
> > But then, I'd guess that you ar ...   Re: Re: One MORE time.   
nobody
Oct 7, 2008, 17:54:03  
> > > But then, I'd guess that you ...   Re: Re: Re: One MORE time.   
Carla Schroder
Oct 7, 2008, 18:35:39  
...So, in your experience, the GPL canno ...   re: Re: One MORE time. (dinotrac)   
Brandioch Conner
Oct 7, 2008, 19:11:49  
Well Carla, there you go!Now you know wh ...   Re: Re: Re: One MORE time (Carla)   
Steve Thompson
Oct 7, 2008, 19:36:15  
I still can't help wondering why you ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: One MORE time.   
Scott
Oct 7, 2008, 21:18:01  
> Well Carla, there you go!> Now you kno ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: One MORE time (Carla)   
Mark Wallows
Oct 7, 2008, 21:19:35  
> You know what's misbegotten? The m ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: One MORE time.   
Mike Happel
Oct 7, 2008, 22:50:06  
> Then there is Evolution, Gnome's c ...   Re: Re: Re: Mono is Leverage for Microsoft   
Brian Alderman
Oct 7, 2008, 23:00:19  
> Mono is a waste. No user base.Ever hea ...   Re: Re: Article is plain wrong   
Grishnakh
Oct 7, 2008, 23:52:24  
The big difference, at least for me, bet ...   Difference between Samba and Mono   
John Morris
Oct 7, 2008, 23:53:58  
The article try to compare mono with use ...   Re: Article is plain wrong   
Grishnakh
Oct 8, 2008, 00:01:56  
>> Besides, what's wrong with praisi ...   Re: Re: One MORE time.   
Jose_X
Oct 8, 2008, 00:12:55  
BTW, that's not really how i feel, b ...   Re: RE: !Mono !Samba !Wine !Gnome   
Grishnakh
Oct 8, 2008, 00:29:24  
> It's ashame that the mono people d ...   Re: Re: Re: One MORE time.   
michael
Oct 8, 2008, 00:42:12  
I love informed debate, and loathe the a ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: One MORE time.   
Grishnakh
Oct 8, 2008, 00:50:57  
> The big difference, at least for me, b ...   Re: Difference between Samba and Mono   
michael
Oct 8, 2008, 01:02:19  
"Boycott Samba, SMB, CIFS,ADS use NFS,SF ...   Re: Re: RE: !Mono !Samba !Wine !Gnome   
Stomfi
Oct 8, 2008, 01:25:02  
>> Mono has already extended .NET, so th ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: One MORE time.   
Jose_X
Oct 8, 2008, 04:26:19  
I like your replies. I'm not on your ...   michael   
Jose_X
Oct 8, 2008, 05:33:01  
> Well Carla, there you go!> Now you kno ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: One MORE time (Carla)   
Rufus Polson
Oct 8, 2008, 05:57:11  
I want to take a step back from specific ...   On tactics and the nature of Free Software   
Rufus Polson
Oct 8, 2008, 06:17:48  
It's great to have a bunch of people ...   Life and opportunity after mono   
Jose_X
Oct 8, 2008, 12:55:29  
You articulated the situation very clear ...   Thank You Rufus Polson   
blackhole
Oct 8, 2008, 17:24:54  
>... I love informed debate, and loathe ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: One MORE time.   
nobody
Oct 8, 2008, 17:57:35  
Too often I hear "Yes this Linux thing s ...   It's so obvious   
IndyAndy
Oct 11, 2008, 22:27:51  
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