Dana says Microsoft better wake up!

January 1, 2006 By

Dana Epp is a security expert and founder of a small software company. Yesterday he wrote a post introducing us to LAMM. Tells Microsoft to wake up to what Novell is doing with Mono.

It’s 1:28 a.m. I’m awake. Oh, wait, I’m supposed to be sleeping. I work at Microsoft. :-)

Thanks Dana for the warning. Oh, and happy New Years! You gonna come to Mix06?

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  • http://www.willhayworth.com/ Will Hayworth

    Actually, interesting that you should mention Mono, because I’ve heard worries that Microsoft may sue the Mono project (for implenting some of the non-standard .NET libraries). In that case, it would actually be a convenient way to show Microsoft’s commitment to open standards if you guys didn’t sue the Mono project.

  • http://www.willhayworth.com Will Hayworth

    Actually, interesting that you should mention Mono, because I’ve heard worries that Microsoft may sue the Mono project (for implenting some of the non-standard .NET libraries). In that case, it would actually be a convenient way to show Microsoft’s commitment to open standards if you guys didn’t sue the Mono project.

  • http://www.livejournal.com/users/imblogger/ Mike Bluestein

    “…non-standard .NET libraries…”

    Will, are you referring to the GTK# wrappers in mono?

  • http://www.livejournal.com/users/imblogger/ Mike Bluestein

    “…non-standard .NET libraries…”

    Will, are you referring to the GTK# wrappers in mono?

  • http://jeremiahthewebprophet.blogspot.com/ Jeremiah Owyang

    Wow, I wish I knew about Mix 06 a while ago, I’m speaking at “THE Marketing conference” in las vegas in the Venetian on the same days…maybe it’s across the hall

    I’ll say hi to you Robert regardless.

    http://www.iirusa.com/marketing/

  • http://jeremiahthewebprophet.blogspot.com/ Jeremiah Owyang

    Wow, I wish I knew about Mix 06 a while ago, I’m speaking at “THE Marketing conference” in las vegas in the Venetian on the same days…maybe it’s across the hall

    I’ll say hi to you Robert regardless.

    http://www.iirusa.com/marketing/

  • http://www.bynkii.com/ John C. Welch

    Pfeh.

    BalmerGates will no more recognize the advantages to actively supporting and encouraging Mono than they will to doing the same with Linux.

  • http://www.bynkii.com/ John C. Welch

    Pfeh.

    BalmerGates will no more recognize the advantages to actively supporting and encouraging Mono than they will to doing the same with Linux.

  • http://www.willsblog.com/ Will Hayworth

    Mike, I’m referring to the .NET assemblies/namespaces; meaning stuff like System.Net and such. As far as I know, that isn’t standardized; correct me if I’m wrong.

  • http://www.willsblog.com Will Hayworth

    Mike, I’m referring to the .NET assemblies/namespaces; meaning stuff like System.Net and such. As far as I know, that isn’t standardized; correct me if I’m wrong.

  • http://westcoastgrid.blogspot.com/ Dan Ciruli

    Although I think Dana has an interesting idea with LAMM, I’m sick of people saying Microsoft is too expensive for startups. Look at how cheap it is to join Empower, and look at the incredible volume of software you get in return.

  • http://westcoastgrid.blogspot.com Dan Ciruli

    Although I think Dana has an interesting idea with LAMM, I’m sick of people saying Microsoft is too expensive for startups. Look at how cheap it is to join Empower, and look at the incredible volume of software you get in return.