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:Mono: Microsoft community promise inadequate, says RMS
Mono: Microsoft community promise inadequate, says RMS
Jul 9, 2009, 15 :03 UTC (11 Talkback[s]) (3168 reads)

(Other stories by Sam Varghese)

[ Thanks to Sam Varghese for this link. ]

"Today, the head of the Free Software Foundation, Richard M. Stallman, told iTWire: "The preliminary report is that Microsoft's 'Community Promise' is quite inadequate.

""Also, there are C# standard libraries which are outside the ECMA standard and thus not covered by this statement at all."

"The community promise extends to two sets of specifications, 334 and 335, submitted to ECMA, a standards body."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
beware of microsoft bearing gifts.put it ...   put it in writing   
patrick_darcy
Jul 9, 2009, 18:12:47
 
We are being divided, we risk losing dev ...   Time is not gratis   
Neko Nata
Jul 9, 2009, 19:26:54
 
I don't think RMS had been informed  ...   Misleading   
Yim
Jul 9, 2009, 19:27:23
 
http://boycottnovell.com/2009/07/09/comm ...   Choose: dagger or sword   
Jose_X
Jul 9, 2009, 19:56:25
 
With even further improvements to the pr ...   Improving improved promises still gives only band-   
Jose_X
Jul 9, 2009, 20:47:25
 
> As mentioned at the top, if you use th ...   Re: Improving improved promises still gives only b   
Yim
Jul 10, 2009, 01:59:52
 
>>  I am not sure they can sell rights t ...   Re: Re: Improving improved promises still gives on   
Jose_X
Jul 10, 2009, 05:07:57
 
>> I do think I have made the case (from ...   Re: Re: Re: Improving improved promises still give   
Jose_X
Jul 10, 2009, 05:55:29
 
> There are many questions here. When yo ...   Re: Re: Re: Improving improved promises still give   
Yim
Jul 10, 2009, 08:29:37
 
>>  I did read your examples and my answ ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Improving improved promises still   
Jose_X
Jul 10, 2009, 12:12:38
 
>> Yes, in practice it *might* be a (ver ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Improving improved promises st   
Jose_X
Jul 10, 2009, 12:39:30
 
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