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And so people have been telling him all along. Last summer, RMS called him out (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=846221 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8
by yesbabyyes 17y ago
And so people have been telling him all along. Last summer, RMS called him out (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=846221 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=846221) and he responded with calling RMS a fear monger (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=864047 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=864047).
As usual, RMS was right, and there was no shortage of other people trying to get de Icaza to see this, ever since he started with the Mono project.
It has indeed taken some time, but I'm happy that de Icaza finally seem to have understood. It will be interesting to see which direction Mono will take now, and where this fits in with the bigger picture of Novell's and Microsoft's future.
- DougBTX 17y agoI'm confused; has anything actually changed? There doesn't seem to be any new legal threats, just quotes from Icaza acknowledging that other people are scared of following his lead due to existing patent fears. I don't see any hint that Icaza thinks the threat is real, or threatens future development of Mono.
- RyanMcGreal 17y ago"Microsoft has shot the .NET ecosystem in the foot because of the constant threat of patent infringement that they have cast on the ecosystem." De Icaza is not acknowledging that some people are scared of patent infringement. He's acknowledging that Microsoft itself has scared people away through its constant threats.
- tree_of_item 17y agoI think you're moving too fast there. Where do we see that RMS was "right"? Miguel is only saying that the fear of legal action is what's stopping .NET from being accepted, not that there's actually anything to be afraid of.