From: "Michael T. Richter" Date: 2007-09-14T12:57:15+09:00 Subject: Re: IronRuby --=-HPyHPI460HBLzfzHfING Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=-pflADJm/7dhYEO1+r89L" --=-pflADJm/7dhYEO1+r89L Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2007-14-09 at 10:36 +0900, Konrad Meyer wrote: > Quoth M. Edward (Ed) Borasky on Thursday 13 September 2007 06:26:43 pm: > > Chad Perrin wrote: > > > On a similar note: The idea of open source software being built on cl= osed > > > foundations sounds a lot like what has been going on with open source > > > development in Java for several years. Despite this, I don't really = see > > > people complaining about the closed foundations represented by the Ja= va > > > VM. > > Yes, but after years of negotiations with literally hundreds of > > stakeholders, Sun was able to open those foundations. Perhaps a similar > > thing could happen with CLR. >=20 > It's Microsoft. Unlikely. Of course someone could just make a GPLed version of the CLR, seeing as how it's standardized and all: http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-335.htm. --=20 Michael T. Richter (GoogleTalk: ttmrichter@gmail.com) So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work. (Peter Drucker) --=-pflADJm/7dhYEO1+r89L Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2007-14-09 at 10:36 +0900, Konrad Meyer wrote: 
Quoth M. Edward (Ed) Borasky on Thursday 13 Septemb=
er 2007 06:26:43 pm:
> Chad Perrin wrote:
> > On a similar note: The idea of open sourc=
e software being built on closed
> > foundations sounds a lot like what has be=
en going on with open source
> > development in Java for several years.  D=
espite this, I don't really see
> > people complaining about the closed found=
ations represented by the Java
> > VM.
> Yes, but after years of negotiations with lite=
rally hundreds of
> stakeholders, Sun was able to open those found=
ations. Perhaps a similar
> thing could happen with CLR.

It's Microsoft. Unlikely.
Of course someone could just make a GPLed version of the CLR, seeing as how= it's standardized and all: http://www.ecma-international.org/public= ations/standards/Ecma-335.htm.

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Michael T. Richter <ttmri= chter@gmail.com> (GoogleTalk: ttmrichter@gmail.com)
So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for p= eople to work. (Peter Drucker)
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