Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 09:09:38 -1000 From: Bruce Meier <source@hilo.net> To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Microsoft Message-ID: <3B3A2F72.6783462E@hilo.net> References: <XFMail.010627111801.stox@imagescape.com> <3B3A2720.815A74C0@acuson.com>
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Sounds like divide and conquer to me. Bruce Meier David Johnson wrote: > > "Kenneth P. Stox" wrote: > > > > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2001/06/27/dotnet.html > > Quick summary: Microsoft is going to offer some .NET stuff for FreeBSD, > including CLI, C# and an ECMAscript compiler. Throughout the interview > the Microsoft guys, David Stutz, mumbles a lot and casts forth heaps of > double speak. > > Some particular quotes: > > "We don't feel comfortable with Linux because of the GPL nature of the > kernel ..." > > Now, I'm not a kernel hacker. I haven't written a compiler in twenty > years. I don't know anything about .NET. But for the life of me I can't > figure out why the licensing of a kernel stops them from making a Linux > port as well. Are they planning to make C# a kernel module? Are they > confused and think that glibc is under the GPL as well? > > "We have chosen FreeBSD because of licensing issues, yes." > > Didn't I predict this just one or two weeks ago? Nothing Microsoft is > doing with a .NET port to Unix has anything at all to do with the GPL. > They aren't writing any Linux kernel drivers, they aren't modifying any > GPL sources, and they aren't linking to any GPL libraries. It's nice > that they chose FreeBSD over Linux, but their motivation has nothing to > do with viral licenses. The GPL is completely irrelevant in this case. > > I'm bracing for the backlash from the Linux guys, which will undoubtedly > aimed at us... > > David > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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