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Icaza has a long history of being a microsoft shill, I can't say I'm suprised to see him leap to his master's defence once again.

tzs 16y ago
Then you should have no trouble naming three incidents from that "long history".
- burgerbrain 16y ago
  There have been a seemingly endless stream of incidences of him shilling for MS, going on for several years now. The two most common themes of shilling are trying to push Mono as a viable linux technology, trying to push Mono as a dependancy on common linux systems, and shilling for OOXML like you see here. Another (slightly less common) theme is his ad hominem attacks on [F]OSS figures/organizations/supporters such as the FSF and Groklaw, like you see here. He's been at this for years, it's no stretch of an imagination to call it a "long history".
  - sanxiyn 16y ago
    Mono is a viable linux technology.
  - bad_user 16y ago
    What's wrong with pushing Mono as a viable linux technology? trying to push Mono as a dependancy on common linux systems Wishing for $PROJECT's popularity while choosing to work on $PROJECT out of passion for many years? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you! ad hominem attacks on [F]OSS figures/organizations/supporters Because [F]OSS figures are very civilized and have in no way attacked Miguel countless times and will never do so? Again, I'm shocked that Miguel doesn't just bend over and take it like a chump.
  - tzs 16y ago
    Mono is viable Linux technology. You probably should learn what the word "shill" means before continuing further. While investigating the word "shill", a refresher on "ad hominem" would help, too, as the submitted blog entry is not an example of an ad hominem.
jsulak 16y ago
The prevalence of ad-hominem attacks against Icaza is unfortunate. You can agree or not with his more-pragmatic-than-some stance towards open source software, Microsoft, etc., but the fact remains that the guy is a first-rate builder and hacker.

tzs 16y ago

Then you should have no trouble naming three incidents from that "long history".

burgerbrain 16y ago
There have been a seemingly endless stream of incidences of him shilling for MS, going on for several years now. The two most common themes of shilling are trying to push Mono as a viable linux technology, trying to push Mono as a dependancy on common linux systems, and shilling for OOXML like you see here. Another (slightly less common) theme is his ad hominem attacks on [F]OSS figures/organizations/supporters such as the FSF and Groklaw, like you see here. He's been at this for years, it's no stretch of an imagination to call it a "long history".
- sanxiyn 16y ago
  Mono is a viable linux technology.
- bad_user 16y ago
  What's wrong with pushing Mono as a viable linux technology? trying to push Mono as a dependancy on common linux systems Wishing for $PROJECT's popularity while choosing to work on $PROJECT out of passion for many years? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you! ad hominem attacks on [F]OSS figures/organizations/supporters Because [F]OSS figures are very civilized and have in no way attacked Miguel countless times and will never do so? Again, I'm shocked that Miguel doesn't just bend over and take it like a chump.
- tzs 16y ago
  Mono is viable Linux technology. You probably should learn what the word "shill" means before continuing further. While investigating the word "shill", a refresher on "ad hominem" would help, too, as the submitted blog entry is not an example of an ad hominem.

jsulak 16y ago

The prevalence of ad-hominem attacks against Icaza is unfortunate. You can agree or not with his more-pragmatic-than-some stance towards open source software, Microsoft, etc., but the fact remains that the guy is a first-rate builder and hacker.