Move VisualD to github/d-programming-language ?

Joseph Rushton Wakeling joseph.wakeling at webdrake.net
Sun Sep 8 15:49:02 PDT 2013


On 08/09/13 23:21, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> From an ethical viewpoint, I think most of it is FUD that still
> lingers from back when there was confusion over what Microsoft was
> going to do C# (there was for a long time fear that it would drive all
> free C# implementations underground).  But all that mist has been
> cleared for a while, and I don't believe this represents the overall
> view of users/developers - except for those who are still stuck in
> 2008 mindset.

I think there was a legit fear that if C# got a sufficient foothold in the Linux 
ecosystem, it'd provide a means for Microsoft to take everyone down via patent 
lawsuits.  It's still theoretically a risk, but I think strategically Microsoft 
seems to have reconsidered that approach.



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