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MIX - Novell's de Icaza criticizes Microsoft patent deal (LinuxWorld)MIX - Novell's de Icaza criticizes Microsoft patent deal (LinuxWorld)Posted Mar 8, 2008 17:59 UTC (Sat) by jordanb (subscriber, #45668)In reply to: MIX - Novell's de Icaza criticizes Microsoft patent deal (LinuxWorld) by drag Parent article: MIX - Novell's de Icaza criticizes Microsoft patent deal (LinuxWorld)
> You do realize that because of what he just said pretty much eliminated all > chance for widespread acceptance of Moonlight? I mean it's obvious that > nobody else can use Microsoft's codecs, but leaves pretty much zero room > for argument on the pro-moonlight side. Only until Miguel starts craving another Slashdot headline and gets it by declaring that he was misunderstood, that Silverlight is a "superb system," that there are no patent problems, and that the Microsoft deal was a great move for Novell.
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MIX - Novell's de Icaza criticizes Microsoft patent deal (LinuxWorld) Posted Mar 8, 2008 19:41 UTC (Sat) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link] Go ahead and continue to do all character assassinations you like. It is not going to help forward whatever your personal goal is here. Of course he likes silverlight, the guy likes a lot of stuff that Microsoft does and I don't see anything remotely wrong with that. I don't like a lot Microsoft stuff, but if it was not for the patent licensing BS surrounding Moonlight I expect that it would be better then Adobe's flash for the free software/open source community.
MIX - Novell's de Icaza criticizes Microsoft patent deal (LinuxWorld) Posted Mar 9, 2008 23:49 UTC (Sun) by sbergman27 (subscriber, #10767) [Link] """ Go ahead and continue to do all character assassinations you like. """ I do not see that jordanb has said anything that even remotely qualifies as character assassination. Although by accusing him of it, you might be doing a bit of that yourself. He has merely pointed out that Miguel likes to bask in the glow of public attention, and that making controversial statements effectively achieves that goal. I would tend to agree. It's not exactly a crime. And it's nothing new. He used to do a lot more of it. I remember, back in the day, him making statements like "KDE doesn't really have a future" in public interviews, and causing quite a stir. Now, mind you, I'm a Gnome fan, and don't particularly care for KDE, myself. But them's fightin' words. Miguel has become more skillful. But the tendency is still there. And I don't see a problem with someone pointing it out. I might, however, see a problem with attacking a person who points out the somewhat obvious, if unflattering, characteristic. Miguel is not God.
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