From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dmitri Minaev Subject: Re: Debian Mono / Tomboy Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:31:55 +0500 Message-ID: References: <20090628062550.GA15780@thinkpad.adamsinfoserv.com> <4A472447.90605@manor-farm.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MLDDW-0000sP-Ec for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:32:02 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MLDDR-0000s0-QM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:32:01 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43569 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MLDDR-0000rx-Ju for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:31:57 -0400 Received: from mail-fx0-f212.google.com ([209.85.220.212]:46941) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MLDDR-0003q3-8g for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:31:57 -0400 Received: by fxm8 with SMTP id 8so62674fxm.42 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:31:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4A472447.90605@manor-farm.org> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: lists@manor-farm.org Cc: Org Mode List On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Ian Barton wrote: > Mono is a "clone" of Microsoft's Dot Net framework. It's good in that makes > it possible for Windows C# programmers to develop Linux apps. However, the > concern is that at some point, MS will decide to start a patent war over > Mono. If Mono becomes "required" for the Gnome desktop, rather than just > providing nice add on programs, Gnome would be sunk. Somehow this perspective doesn't depress me as it's supposed to...