● 01.22.09

●● When Mono Helps Microsoft Windows and Excludes GNU/Linux

Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Mono, Novell, Patents at 8:48 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

“Every line of code that is written to our standards is a small victory; every line of code that is written to any other standard, is a small defeat. Total victory [...] is the universal adoption of our standards by developers, as this is an important step towards total victory for Microsoft itself: “A computer on every desk and in every home, running Microsoft software.””

–Microsoft, internal document [PDF]

YOU WANT MONO? You got Mono! But forget about GNU/Linux.

Why does Miguel de Icaza brag about a product that supports only non-Free platforms and specifically — despite its high share — excludes GNU/Linux? He writes: “Unity uses the Mono runtime on both Windows and MacOS and it might become one of the largest deployment vehicles for the Mono VM.”

This is not a victory. It’s the labour of Free software developers being deflected and used only to support Microsoft's patents-encumbered framework and platform. How does it feel to be taken for a fool? █

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