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Why is he so surprised by classic M$ behavior ? Everyone knew this would happen when .Net was first hyped back in 2000. It's possible that M$ marketing sold him some BS story on the side and/or piled on some cash that clouded his judgment.

If you dance to the tune, you must pay the piper ...

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Are you seriously suggesting that a bribe would cause a developer of Miguel's caliber to devote nearly a decade of his life to building something like Mono?

The ability of the human mind to rationalize anything if the rewards are great enough has been proven time and again. If you give someone enough incentive, and ease them into it slowly, a person will be able to justify anything to themselves.

The more they're challenged, the more justifications and rationalizations they'll come up with to defend their choices, and the more entrenched they'll be in their new position.

Far greater people have devoted more than a single decade to M$(and other companies) in exchange for cash. It's not unusual. It's called capitalism.

Depends on the bribe.

Everything he has ever done for FOSS is a waste of time. Bonobo and Mono are utterly pointless. It might not be a direct bribe but taking MS' money via Novell and pissing ten years on it is exactly what I expect from a developer of Miguel's caliber [sic].

'M$'? Seriously? :)

Yes. It's no joke. The company that your livelihood is tied to seeks profit as their number one goal (above all else). You have a stake in C# succeeding it seems (based on your website). How you deal with that level of cognitive dissonance is your own problem. I will not make any assumptions or judgments of you as a person because it's possible that you may be forced to deal with the situation for personal reasons (which should probably not be discussed in a forum such as this). That or you may just care nothing for true openness(and the ability for people to learn freely) when it comes to technology.

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