not sure .. currently, yast software installation is broken (again) because libblocxx.so.4 is gone ..
Hehe there you go. I knew it! We are not perfect. Damn! ;-) :-)
However, once, Borland decided to drop Kylix and went the .net way. That was the point, where I stopped buying Borland products. Now suse is going the .net way and guess what? I won't buy any suse product anymore ..
Why would you do that? I understand you dont like .net. What makes you say that "suse is going the .net way"? Because one functionality of a gazillion functionalities in SUSE products is implemented in C#/mono?
Remebmer my initial question: "..have to accept mono and .exe on my next suse system for vital system functionality (e.g. online updates) .." It's not about any one function, it's about THE CORE. I mean, yast2 is the thing, that makes suse unique, isn't it? And if this baby depends on a microsoft-concepted framework ..
I for instance dont like java. Do i use OpenOffice? Sure i do. I dont like c++, do i use kopete? Yes i do. I dont like perl. Do i use ripit? I do. I also don't like java, that's why my OpenOffice always takes ages to start up .. but it works without having the java stuff installed, rigth? c++ -- did I mention that I am a pascal developer ;-)?
Like Azerion also stated, "exe is related to windows/virus in my mind" and, even worse, it's related to mici-schrott, so ..
You must have better reasons to not like something. Otherwise its a rather dull statement that you hate microsoft. I like that from a emotional perspective. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. We against them. Youre my brother in arms. We will overthrow the big evil.
hehe
But from a rational point of view its a poor argument to base technical decisions on.
Basically, you are right. BUT: Microsoft concepts have proofen to be somewhat shortsighted, so I decided not to waste my time with it.
Anyway, what's the point in using .net software? I must admit, that I don't know much about it, because when it popped up, it was called "microsoft.net" which convinced me that it couldn't be good ..
The points are layed out at mono-project.com. Do you have to agree with them? No! Do you have to like them? No! Do you have to support them? No! Do you have to accept that its there and that other people agree, like, support mono? Yes, im sorry, you have to. Its their choice :)
Yes, it's their choice, and I totally accept that, as long as noone forces me to use it .. I have been happy not to use beagle, it's my choice. But if I have to not use yast because of my choice not to have mono on my system, what would be the point in buying suse ?
The SL 10.1 distribution will use rpm-md+ repositories I have just heard, so smart (?) yum (?) will work fine too for updating 10.1. (This is not finalized yet.)
OK, this is some light in the dark ..
Rudi will say something about it once he finds the time... That would be nice. Thanks.
However, keep cool everybody! Nobody needs to be killed, and killing Suse, well, i guess Novell is able to do it without any help .. ;-) cu, Burkhard