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The FSF warns (again) against MonoThe FSF warns (again) against MonoPosted Jul 17, 2009 14:32 UTC (Fri) by epa (subscriber, #39769)In reply to: The FSF warns (again) against Mono by dskoll Parent article: The FSF warns (again) against Mono
You know, FUD can be true and still be FUD... for example many people believe both that 'Microsoft spreads FUD about patent liabilities in free software' and also that 'Microsoft holds patents which really can be used to attack free software', and this is not inconsistent.
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The FSF warns (again) against Mono Posted Jul 17, 2009 14:44 UTC (Fri) by regala (subscriber, #15745) [Link]
anyway, this article is just another rephrasing of what RMS said last week, so much ado for nothing.
Indeed, with FUD clearly stated as FUD:
"Microsoft is bad, because:
I am not that fond of that Do-what-I-say-not-what-I-do line, but lobbying is their job, after all.
The FSF warns (again) against Mono Posted Jul 20, 2009 9:24 UTC (Mon) by TheMadHatter (guest, #59661) [Link] anyway, this article is just another rephrasing of what RMS said last week, so much ado for nothing. Indeed, with FUD clearly stated as FUD: "Microsoft is bad, because: - they ate my dog; - Fat chance - they'd get eaten - they ate your granny's; - they ate yours - they said 3 years ago they would eat anyone's dogs in the world" I am not that fond of that Do-what-I-say-not-what-I-do line, but lobbying is their job, after all. Lobbying is part of their job? Prove it. With direct links to the part of the Federal Register (or other regulation) that says that lobbying is part of their job. Producing high quality software is their job. Unfortunately they seem to have forgotten this.
The FSF warns (again) against Mono Posted Jul 17, 2009 15:14 UTC (Fri) by dskoll (subscriber, #1630) [Link] If the FUD is true, then it's an excellent reason to avoid Mono, no?
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