[Fsf-friends] DotNet

[Sandip Bhattacharya]

Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote:
> Re the request by Microsoft to speak at the Hyderabad usergroup on DotNet, 
> I think a similar topic was presented at LinuxBangalore in 2002 or 2003.
> 
> I wonder how someone like RMS would respond to such a development, which 
> seems to me like an 'embrace and extend' style of combatting GNU/Linux. FN

On the other hand, this might be a great opportunity! Participants can read 
up on the Mono project beforehand, and ask M$ pointed questions on how 
patent-unencumbered .Net really is, to allow Free Software world to use it.

There are manay analogies of .Net/Microsoft to Java/Sun with respect to 
licensing/freedom(or lack of it)/patents/standardisation, and if one is 
comfortable with the latter to any extent, they should be interested to 
know how the .Net platform is going to contribute to Linux based distributions.

- Sandip

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