Hello,
this poll is to find out how other Ubuntu-Users feel towards Mono being included in Ubuntu-default.
I do not understand why Mark Shuttleworth doesn't take precautions so that Ubuntu isn't tainted by a potentially trojanesque software.
Excluding Banshee, F-Spot and Tomboy shouldn't be that much of a deal - that way, it will probably be a lot less interesting to include more and more Mono-based programs by default.
ubuntu basically grants Microsoft the leverage-tactic it uses so effectively on its own platform - shipping as default inclusion on the system.
It's enough Novell does this, why must Ubuntu and therefore taking away potentially alternatives?
It would not be so much of a problem, if MS put everything Mono-related under GPLv3 - with no strings whatsoever attached.
Now I don't want to start a discussion on how Mono might be perceived as untangled - it is clearly not:
“Moonlight is usable for anyone on any distribution of Linux (redhat, ubuntu, etc.) — it is not limited just to Novell as Mono is.”
-Brian Goldfarb [Microsoft]
There is even a blog-how-to remove mono completely:
http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008...u-hardy-heron/
But why even put it in there in the first place?
Do you think this hurts or helps Ubuntu (and Linux) in the long-term?
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