Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 205.250.159.224]
on August 05, 2008 12:37 AM
As was pointed out in the post Microsoft lacks the ability for a full on assault on FOSS so they try to be sneaky instead.
The same applies to luring ISVs and other developers to their platform. So they profess love for open source while not being quite so enthused about GPL'd software. It's a very round-about-route to attracting developers to their stack, if that indeed is the goal, and not something else.
I'm sure they've noticed that in the wild .NET is being pushed out by PHP, Python, Ruby and a resurgent Perl.
Anyway, why use C# when the real thing is out there and it's called Java?
The problem isn't as much the stack with Microsoft it's that they treat their ISVs and smaller developers who support and enhance Office, for example, the same way they treat their competitors.
Heck, even Microsoft needs C/C++ people to knock some sense into the bloat known as Vista.
Back to developers. Two questions.
If, as has been widely complained of and demonstrated that Microsoft treats devs and ISVs like vicious competitors rather than partners why would you develop for them?
Then, if you can answer that in the affirmative. Why would you want to develop on the sows ear known as Vista?
Didn't thnk so. ;-)
After all, it's not like Microsoft's MO is unknown or flies under the radar. MS can proclaim all the love it wants for FOSS. It has yet to walk the walk, much less crawl the crawl to get to the walk.
Learn about Linux
Download Linux
Get Linux help
Why Microsoft cozied up to open source at OSCON
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 205.250.159.224] on August 05, 2008 12:37 AMThe same applies to luring ISVs and other developers to their platform. So they profess love for open source while not being quite so enthused about GPL'd software. It's a very round-about-route to attracting developers to their stack, if that indeed is the goal, and not something else.
I'm sure they've noticed that in the wild .NET is being pushed out by PHP, Python, Ruby and a resurgent Perl.
Anyway, why use C# when the real thing is out there and it's called Java?
The problem isn't as much the stack with Microsoft it's that they treat their ISVs and smaller developers who support and enhance Office, for example, the same way they treat their competitors.
Heck, even Microsoft needs C/C++ people to knock some sense into the bloat known as Vista.
Back to developers. Two questions.
If, as has been widely complained of and demonstrated that Microsoft treats devs and ISVs like vicious competitors rather than partners why would you develop for them?
Then, if you can answer that in the affirmative. Why would you want to develop on the sows ear known as Vista?
Didn't thnk so. ;-)
After all, it's not like Microsoft's MO is unknown or flies under the radar. MS can proclaim all the love it wants for FOSS. It has yet to walk the walk, much less crawl the crawl to get to the walk.
#