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As long as Balmer is still there, as long as they continue to threaten other projects with patents, I couldn't care less about Microsoft or their products, no m
by bad_user 14y ago
As long as Balmer is still there, as long as they continue to threaten other projects with patents, I couldn't care less about Microsoft or their products, no matter what bones they throw out for free.
I'm not anti-Mono btw. I also like F# and .NET and I even think that Microsoft isn't even the worst company around. I also have a Windows license that I use back home. But I simply don't care.
Also, IronRuby is abandonware.
- darklajid 14y agoWell, but if you happen to work in a Microsoft/Windows environment it helps a lot to see these open projects. Ignoring IronRuby: ASP.Net for example is a Big Thing (tm) that exists in a git repository (and for all I know it's developed in the open now, not in the typical 'code drop' style like Android etc.). Do I love Microsoft? Certainly not. But I do think they changed for the better, measuring with a certain set of values and biases here..
- bad_user 14y agoOn ASP.NET, you mean ASP.NET MVC, because the ASP.NET and its HTTP pipeline is not open-source. And this is my problem with their efforts. Even though I applaud them for it, these efforts are half-hearted and half-baked.