Comments on: Miguel de Icaza speaks

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:13:37 +0000

Damn, that’s crazy…

By: Veronica

Veronica — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:40:03 +0000

Microsoft ROCKS!!! I feel so bad when people say bad things about microsoft! Apple looks like a toy, and Microsoft is the best!

By: Apopas

Apopas — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:58:07 +0000

On one hand Mono is free software. Free software should be welcomed despite the corporation o indivinduals that are behind.
On the other hand Mono is always going to follow .Net and never lead or innovate. Surely it is going to implement things that microsoft don’t care about but that’s not innovation.
If .net was free software I’d welcome it with all my energy, but in some way this project (Mono) will stay for ever at the mercy of ms and that sucks.

By: Lars

Lars — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:24:46 +0000

I do remember Ximian (there was some brand before Ximian that I have forgotten) and Miquel, and it was at the time the best implementation of Linux on the desktop. KDE at the time was always uglier than Gnome.
To day I use KDE, And I suppose I could use Gnome as well, to day both desktops are very usable.
I also remember that Miquel was Inventor of the Year like Bill Gates and I think Linus.
The thing that seems to worry many in the Open Source community is Miquels devotion to DOT.net and C#.
And behind that is a feeling that Microsoft will, when the time is ripe, try to screw things up for FOSS.
A feeling that Miguel has sold his soul to the bastard.
(I will never use anything Microsoft related if I can avoid it.)
And although I appreciate all the things Miquel has accomplished and the energy and intelligence he has, I still have a feeling that he is stepping on thin ice, and I am watching and wondering on solid ground, and willing to offer him help should the ice break.