Re: [DotGNU]Propoganda starts at home...

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Norbert Bollow wrote:
> 
> > Uhmm I am little bit disappointed about the FSF press release.
> 
> I'm actually more than just a little disappointed.  (But the
> weaknesses of the FSF press release may be more the fault of
> Ximian than the fault of the FSF, as apparently Ximian has put
> the FSF under extreme time pressure.  I hope that in the future
> there will be enough time to consult with us before making a
> press release.)
> 
> I think that it is really unfortunate that the press release
> does not discuss why we consider Microsoft's actions to be a
> threat for Free Software and Freedom in general, and why the
> DotGNU and Mono projects are countermeasures against this threat.
> - That is the message that needs to be sent out in order to
> attract the developers who are needed for our huge project.
> 
> I am not surprised that this press release has unfortunately
> resulted in the kind of press that shows us as in some way
> endorsing Microsoft's initiative.  I'm really upset about this
> outcome.
> 
> Greetings, Norbert.

The outcome's negotiable.

Look at it this way, the name dotgnu is in the public consciousness
now.  We may initially be tied to mono in that way, but the FSF press
release didn't even mention the site address (which is both good and
bad)...

However, we could not have been mentioned at all - which would make us
look like we were trying to follow in mono's footsteps.  Since the exact
nature of this project is so cryptic, when something DOES come out about
what we're actually doing, it should be relatively big.

So, we have to look at this as a good thing that the FSF considered our
existance so early and that our name will have stand-by-the-side
recognition with mono.  There are quite a few ways to spin these things,
we need to come up with some.

        -Barry