On May 20, 2004, at 12:52 PM, Christopher McGinnis wrote:
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I would have to whole heartedly agree. Good technology is good technology
no mater where it comes from.
Would you have accepted a technology that, say, reduced processor heat by 2 orders of magnitude (whatever) from, say, Stalin's soviet union knowing what you know now about that mass murdering government?
I think the question at hand is not, or at least should not be, about what is practical. The CLR (or .NET if you'd prefer) is pretty sweet no doubt about it. There is an ethical question regards adopting a MS technology that will help MS. MS is not friendly to my ability to choose. Enhancing their position in any way offers them increasing potential to diminish my ability to choose.
This is not silly or over the top. Caution is required here and the development (not linux) world needs to make sure it is protecting it's environment lest we wake up one morning and discover the rain forest gone, the ozone depleted and a requirement to wear #40 sunblock to go for a walk.
---Rick
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