New covenant published

[Sir Gallantmon]

On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Alan Milnes <asm at linux.com> wrote:

> 2009/12/23 Alex Hudson <fedora at alexhudson.com>:
>
> > I realise a number of people don't care for Mono-related technologies,
> but
> > it would be sad to see Fedora left out in the cold for this stuff.
>
> Actually it makes me very *happy* to have a distro untainted by this stuff.
>
> Never forget their MO:-  Embrace - Extend - Extinguish
>
> Alan
>
> All thoughts are my own
>
>
Then I guess we shouldn't have AJAX either, since Microsoft developed one of
the core technologies behind AJAX.

Their MO may be Embrace, Extend, Extinguish, but they are not in a landscape
where they can do that without severe backlash. We get angry a lot over
Linux FUD, but that doesn't mean you are given the right to spread FUD
against Microsoft too.

Mono is based on an open standard, a standard that is being updated
periodically too. The parts that aren't part of the standard can easily be
placed in separate packages and not installed, if you are really concerned
about it.
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