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"... The Samba project, like Mono, provides a cross-platform alternative to closed Microsoft technologies. It is equally vulnerable to the (increasingly toothle

"... The Samba project, like Mono, provides a cross-platform alternative to closed Microsoft technologies. It is equally vulnerable to the (increasingly toothless) Microsoft patent threats and arbitrary changes in the protocols. Yet Samba is admired ..." It's not evil, just !C. Part of the reason I have problems with Mono is the choice of language the libs are written. The applications are first rate but I hate the fact I have to download a bucket load of extras ( "in the past - it comes standard with Ubuntu" ) to run say great bits of software like Tomboy. It rubs against the grain of gnu's C bias ( "are there mono-bindings for c-based apps?" ) Now Gnome desktop and it's libraries created by the same team thats another story.

jauco 18y ago
You might find it interesting that Tomboy was written in mono with the goal to force a discussion on how viable it was as a platform I also had a political agenda. I wanted the question of Mono or Not to be brought forward and answered seriously, instead of foundering in the grey waters of FUD. I didn’t honestly care about the outcome, just that there was one. I thought a killer Mono-based app would push the issue.[1] [1]: http://www.beatniksoftware.com/blog/?p=84 http://www.beatniksoftware.com/blog/?p=84