you sound like a typical M$ appologist. do you sleep well at night? hope they are paying you well.
On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 8:20 PM, Dylan McCall<dylanmcc...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm assuming that the fact Microsoft's Silverlight download page > automatically links Linux users to Moonlight (quite tastefully!) > suggests they have: > > A. Started to have somewhat of an epiphany from within and are, in > some departments, actually serious about this whole > "cooperation" thing. > B. Accepted Moonlight as a viable piece of software that they are > ready and willing to recommend to end users without flinching. > C. Pretty brightly endorsed Moonlight, and by extension Mono. (Note > appropriate use of capital letters, by the way. It goes a long > way towards not sounding like a raving lunatic). > > Now, on that "cooperation" end of things, people need to come to terms > with the fact that Microsoft is a really, really huge company. There are > lots of human beings in that company, many of them quite intelligent, > who want to make money and put food on their family's table and live > comfortable lives. They are passionate about computer software, like we > are. They are geeks, hackers, they like cool stuff, etc. The XBox > division is quite lovable. > Here's a hint why: Not all of Microsoft depends on Windows' domination, > and Microsoft as a whole can wean itself off the domination instinct as > well, even with Windows. It will take time, though, starting basically > at the level of Western culture. > > Microsoft the mega corporation isn't going anywhere soon, so perhaps if > you guys really give a damn about cooperation, freedom, openness and > making the world a better place you should think of the fine folks at > Microsoft (of which there are many) as colleagues who happen to have a > somewhat flawed world view imposed on them from above. With this whole > MS .Net and Silverlight thing, I get a strong sense of that spirit and > it really does feel nice. > > Here's the scary part: The group that seems to be most welcoming here, > most warm and honest is Microsoft. While they give us cool little > redirects, members of the Linux "community" set up web sites like > BoycottNovel and initiate witch-hunts against innocent, hard-working and > valuable contributors like Miguel de Icaza and DirectHex while accusing > Microsoft of evil acts every time someone who works for them gives us > the simplest act as a smile. > > For the sake of analogy, let's go with the erroneous viewpoint that I am > singly in charge of 95% of the operating system market and had been > talked into opening up. (Doesn't matter how; I'm sure we've all been > talked into doing good things against our own judgement). I have the > choice of either opening up with my standards or looking outwards. > Outside, I see some insane hoard of clucking pitchfork-jugglers who > assassinate every character that isn't 100% pure. Rather than going out > there and trying to talk with them, I think I would go with my own > standards and hope that the flock outside disappears on its own. I > wouldn't do this out of spite, I would do this out of basic survival > instincts. > (Something which I probably should have put into consideration before > writing this message). > > I've been tempted to jump ship a few times lately and it has nothing to > do with lawyers, legal agreements or brain-dead CEOs. > > > > Thanks, > > Dylan McCall > > > PS: Please, please stop abusing Miguel. If it wasn't for him, we would > be stuck in the dark ages. And I'm not talking about Mono. > > PPS: I know all about the patent agreement thing and am choosing to > ignore it because lawyers and corporations do not trump people. And > here's a reminder: We care about people. > -- Only by destroying MONO can Linux be saved. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
