[ale] best cross platform development evironment

James Sumners james.sumners at gmail.com
Mon Nov 8 11:13:06 EST 2010


I choose to ignore the opinions of people who feel the need to make up
cutesy names for things/people they don't like.

On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Lightner, Jeff <jlightner at water.com> wrote:
> Ignoring M$ history which is well documented doesn't change my opinion that it would be naïve to rely on a "promise" made by them.   There's a reason that large corporations like IBM and Sun felt the need to sue them despite "legal agreements" M$ signed.
>
> I pointed out that ECMA 334 is specifically tied to a "patent agreement" that is at best vague.  If you choose to ignore that feel free to do so but don't pretend it is the same thing as true FOSS.



-- 
James Sumners
http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/

"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."

Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
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