Re:VSCode: The Biggest Threat to Innovation of Our Time [video]
by Gibbon1 on Sunday July 26, 2020 @04:02PM
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> It wasn't but that's besides the point.
That actually is the point. Mono was an independent implementation. And C#/.net was much less encumbered than 'open source and free, write once run anywhere' Java. Free as long as you aren't trying to embedded anything but one full stack implementation controlled by Sun. Otherwise you paid through the nose.
Consider as well the beloved Sun sued Microsoft for implementing their own compatible version of Java. And later Oracle tried to sue the pants off Google for just using Java based API's.
So the actual history disproves the conventional wisdom.
It wasn't but that's besides the point. Mono posed a serious risk because of how Microsoft's threatened all potential users of Mono due to all the loopholes in Microsoft's promises, along with Microsoft's lack of credibility.
https://www.fsf.org/news/dont-depend-on-mono
https://www.fsf.org/news/2009-07-mscp-mono
> People said that if you used Mono Microsoft would come after you. And nothing happened.
The people said the exact same thing about Oracle and Java, and here we are.
Just because you believe someone won't pull the trigger on you that doesn't mean it's a good idea to let them put a gun to your head.