Re:Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network
by 51lver on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @01:53PM
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Your preference indicates that you have been captured. They will use it to move you to a platform they control eventually. Maybe you'll like it, but it won't be more free. It will have a ToS.
Re:Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network
by linuxftw on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @01:13PM
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> Doesn't them making C# (and .Net) open source and cross-platform enhance my freedom to compute how I wish?
Why do you need this on Linux? Only to integrate with MS proprietary products, that's why.
Re:Microsoft Joins the Open Invention Network
by svick on Wednesday October 10, 2018 @01:47PM
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I don't need it. I want it, because C# is my favorite programming language. Isn't that what freedom is about?
This means that when I'm writing a website or a Docker microservice, I want to use C#. And since the best OS to run those is Linux, there are no proprietary MS products in sight.
When I'm writing a cross-platform desktop application, I want to use C# too, but I can't, so I'll use another language.
Let's say I like C# and I also like Linux. Doesn't them making C# (and .Net) open source and cross-platform enhance my freedom to compute how I wish?
Or is that somehow different from other open source languages, like Python or Rust? How do those help with computing ethically?