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They also announced as part of this that they are putting a large swatch of their .NET Source code under Apache 2 and accepting pull requests. Folks, this is a very big deal for Microsoft. Who would have imagined this 10 years ago? Here is an image that shows what they are putting into the community https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BkT9oBcCQAAHIAV.jpg:large
Once again the whole KILL MONO FUD was the actions of the Open Source Community in the last 5 years. I never understood how in the world they got this is a trap from everything that was happening. I don't agree with RMS many times but in this one way he was 100% wrong when he targeted mono.
I really like microsoft products and I use them every day, however the business model is too lock people in to their ecosystem so that you have to purchase licenses for their products.
Mono clearly undermines that b/c it allows you to "easily" jump ship to a free platform.
Unless I'm somehow completely misunderstanding their business model - killing Mono just makes business sense.
Microsoft, you're seducing me again. I cheated on you with Ruby and Rails development a couple of years ago, but you're making me consider coming back in full swing. Competition is great for everybody and Microsoft is making all the right moves!
If you like Sinatra then check out Nancy.
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I'm a hipster because I like open source and want more not-open-source things to be open source?
No, you're a hipster because you seem to think nothing is truly open until it's on git.
Microsoft, you're seducing me again. I cheated on you with Ruby and Rails development a couple of years ago, but you're making me consider coming back in full swing. Competition is great for everybody and Microsoft is making all the right moves!
Microsoft uses Git. Is it not cool? Microsoft, please add unix terminal instead of start button in Windows 8.
Just use Powershell, or install Cygwin. What good is a unix terminal without a unix filesystem, anyway?