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I would like to outline the basic "traitor" scenario, tell me if i got things right : 1. Miguel de Icaza, after a secret deal with microsoft and novell, starts

I would like to outline the basic "traitor" scenario, tell me if i got things right : 1. Miguel de Icaza, after a secret deal with microsoft and novell, starts an OSS implementation of the dot net platform. It has been his goal from the beginning. In fact he always wanted to work at Microsoft, and he decided to become their infiltrated spy, to stop the worst threat Microsoft has ever seen : Linux (ahem, sorry ,i mean GNU/Linux). Some say that's even why he started GNOME in the first place. 2. He gets a lot of contributors, but that's mainly because they're too dumb to see the secret plan he has from the beginning. 3. The mono platform enters a stage in wich it becomes usable, and applications begin to appear and after some time, begin to become integrated into common linux distributions. The fact that Novell is actually developping a major linux distro is a big factor in this. 4. Some very clever OSS users / programmers / developpers, led by their enlightened guru Richard Stallman, finally discover that this is a secret plan to make the whole GNU/Linux stumble. They decide to put aside the quarell about the Linux name, because duty is calling them. They consequently put tremendous effort into alerting people about the menace 5. The evil duo (Microsoft / Novell) and Miguel the menial, are in a very bad position. They never expected anybody to actually SEE through their evil plan. Microsoft then decides to publish a 'promise' not to sue anybody about an implementation of the CLR. The plan is very clever, because mono implements not only the CLR, but other parts of the Microsoft stack. When things will be calmer again, then will be the moment to sue ! ... are you guys serious ? Now i know there are some real risks, some real stakes, maybe even some part of that is true. But common, when i read some contributions, i just wonder how much hollywood movies has affected our brains.

drats 17y ago
You could have saved yourself a load of typing just by looking up the definition of "traitor" in the dictionary. By the way, while you are at it, look up "strawman" also. To Stallman he is a traitor to the ideals and helping the enemy (see my other post on this page). This does not mean it's a conspiracy. "i just wonder how much hollywood movies has affected our brains". Indeed.

drats 17y ago

You could have saved yourself a load of typing just by looking up the definition of "traitor" in the dictionary. By the way, while you are at it, look up "strawman" also. To Stallman he is a traitor to the ideals and helping the enemy (see my other post on this page). This does not mean it's a conspiracy. "i just wonder how much hollywood movies has affected our brains". Indeed.