Sandip Bhattacharya said on Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 03:53:13AM +0530,:
I believe you are trying to damn Miguel using the Linux vs. GNU/Linux debate.
I have nothing against Miguel. I am not involved in anyway with him or his work. I _use_ GNOME, translate it, spread it. But then same applies to KDE too.
I do not think there is any difference of opinion between us on the Mono/DotGNU issue any way, mostly because I do not have any. ;)
The debate somehow ended inconclusively after this great summary of the real issue by Havoc
Thanks for this analysis. I do not think we should continue to discuss this. I really do not what else transpired, and do not want to comment on something I am not sure about.
However, the purpose of our thread here was not Gnome, or Miguel's personal views of Linux vs. GNU/Linux, etc. This was about FSF's attitude towards dotNet.
(http://directory.fsf.org/search/fsd-search.py?q=java) today, dont we?
Most apps seem to depend on free implementations of java.
Yes, I know Microsoft has had a really bad reputation behind them, and it
And a broken patent *and* internaitonal trade system.
is highly unlikely that they can ever get better other than with a federal axe.
Does it exist yet? The axe??