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08.20.08

Mono: ECMA Does Not Make It Safe

Posted in GNU/Linux, Novell, Mono, Videos, Patents, Interview, Meeting at 11:44 am by Roy Schestowitz

ECMA is Microsoft

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n the following video, Miguel de Icaza explains Mono. The video is from 2004. He mentions nothing about software patents and he sure praises the technology and assumes that being an ECMA standard is somewhat an indication of being ’safe’. It’s not.

Ogg Theora

A couple of years went by and Novell bought exclusive ‘protection’ from Microsoft for the use Mono. Where does that put the choice of Mono? And why is Miguel a fan of the greatest fiasco of this decade (OOXML)? █

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