On Sun, 19 Jul 2009 12:22:49 -0400, Nicolas wrote in message <808354800907190922n4853debbv75b7ebaaa3100...@mail.gmail.com>:
> The issue has to do with standards compliance and C++ idioms, > not MS business strategy ..Microsoft has _all_ the resources it might ever need to get their own compilers to do these things right, and it appears they have chosen _not_ to. ..instead, I see Microsoft prefers to refer to their habitual non-compliance to standards, as "embrace and extend", which is what they, Microsoft, calls "a Microsoft business strategy." ;o) ..whether or not that decision, by Microsoft, "to embrace and extend" C++ idioms, is some random accident, or, as I (and a few more) guess, "by their book" and in accordance with their business strategy, I don't know, I can only point towards Microsoft's own track record, which, as we all _can_ see (if we want to see), speaks _loudly_ on these matters. ;o) ..http://groklaw.net/ has all you might ever need, to form an educated and honorable opinion on that track record. ;o) And, is OT here at FG-dev, so let's FU at Groklaw. ;o) http://www.groklaw.net/comment.php?mode=display&sid=20090717043855128&title=..my+guess+is,+Microsoft+is+going+after+the+Debian+etc+distro+mirror+donors.&type=article&order=&hideanonymous=0&pid=769578#c769950 > Funny how any sense of perspective is thrown out the window with the > opportunity to rag on MS... ..I gave a simple pointer to help answer a seemingly simple question that both is and is not quite that simple, to try help FlightGear developers from wasting time and effort "on Microsoft compiler etc issues", that I have learned, Microsoft does not want fixed. ..und Sie? ;o) > Sheesh !! ..you could say that on Debian.org's "wisdom" ;o) in making Mono and C# etc part of their default desktop install, and in putting them on their mirrors in the main repository, rather than in their non-free or contrib repositories, or even in a new "donated-mirror-killer-litigation-bait" category. Etc. And, is OT here at FG-dev. ;o) ..my own _guess_ is, Microsoft is targeting Debian thru its mirror _donors_, all it takes, are non-frivolous lawsuits on each donor, and for that you need something better than what tSCOG has made IBM, Novell, AutoZone, Chrysler and Red Hat spend the last 6 years on, http://groklaw.net/ tracks these cases. ..patent claims or copyright etc infringement claims, _will_ do the job, and let's face it, Microsoft does own .NET. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
