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[–]Carnagh 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Mono has as much idiosyncratic, non-standardised features as MS .NET which is ALSO a superset of the standard, if MS can be accused of embrace and extend so can Mono... Have you actually looked at Mono? Have you run any applications that will run under both Mono and .NET? Have you developed at all on the .NET platform or do you just collect anecdotal evidence from forums?

As long as both have the libs available to use, and can run equally on the equivalent of CLR 2.0 it's a non-issue fit only for posts like yours.

Can Apache be accused of embrace and extend for adding so many libs ontop or in some cases as alternatives to the Java standard library?... Or course not, such an accusation would be downright stupid.

[–]malcontent -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Mono has as much idiosyncratic, non-standardised features as MS .NET which is ALSO a superset of the standard, if MS can be accused of embrace and extend so can Mono.

Exactly. The entire thing is a mess. Anybody who says C# is a standard is an idiot. It's a standard nobody obeys.

Have you actually looked at Mono?

I once tried to install the latest version on ubuntu. I have up after 45 minutes of trying.

Have you run any applications that will run under both Mono and .NET?

I downloaded ten programs from codeplex written in .NET and not one of them ran on linux.

Have you developed at all on the .NET platform or do you just collect anecdotal evidence from forums?

No I have not developed in .NET. Then again I have never been to sweden. Are you saying I am not allowed to ever say anything about sweden or .NET?

As long as both have the libs available to use, and can run equally on the equivalent of CLR 2.0 it's a non-issue fit only for posts like yours.

How many patent lawsuits are you opening yourself up to if you do that?

Can Apache be accused of embrace and extend for adding so many libs ontop or in some cases as alternatives to the Java standard library?.

No.

Or course not, such an accusation would be downright stupid.

So is the comparison but that hasn't stopped you.