[Tfug] MS .NET source code--look but don't touch

[Claude Rubinson]

On Fri, Oct 05, 2007 at 09:59:28AM -0700, Glen Pfeiffer wrote:
> On the other hand, I do know that Miguel de Icaza, co-founder of 
> Gnome and Mono, was talking about using Mono in Gnome desktop 
> applications as early as 2002 [1]. But it appears this has not 
> happened yet. [2]
> 
> [1] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/02/01/gnome_to_be_based/
> [2] http://www.mono-project.com/FAQ:_General#Has_the_GNOME_Foundation_or_the_GNOME_team_adopted_Mono.3F

But also look at the FAQ just following the one that you linked to:

    Should GNOME programmers switch over to Mono now?

    Yes, we believe that Mono 1.0 is ready to be used as the main
    development platform for building applications for the GNOME
    desktop. Mono includes Gtk# a .NET binding for GTK+ and various
    GNOME libraries which together with C# and the System libraries
    provide developers with great productivity for building graphical
    applications especially when compared to GTK+ or Java Swing.

Which makes it sound like Gnome is an upgrade path to Mono.
Personally, my fears with Mono aren't so much that MS will sue Novell
or Gnome developers or whomever but simply that MS will extend the
standard such that Mono developers are left chasing MS' tail.  (See
the MS office formats.)

Also, de Icaza just rubs me the wrong way.  Always has.  Too
infatuated with MS.  I'm all for cloning good technologies but I don't
get the sense that he's at all discriminating.  Monkey see, monkey do.

Claude