http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660Ohhhhhhh...........I wish it were true ;-) http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment32http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment32Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:04:13 GMTGood one :) http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment31http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment31Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:21:44 GMTFooled me due to the fact that A) It's totally believable, others have done it before B) I was reading it at 10pm on March 31st :D http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment30http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment30Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:37:25 GMTNicely done, sir. Nicely done. http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment29http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment29Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:33:19 GMTDarn! You got me fooled. At work we get to see your posts, but without the comments. So you got me fooled for the whole day, until I got home and read the comments. http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment28http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment28Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:37:48 GMTBest April Fools post. Well done Oren :=) Now get to work on AyendeOS... http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment27http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment27Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:36:10 GMTHey man, you don't have to leave Subtext, it now runs on Mono and MySQL. But only if you use my OSS non-proprietary hardware, motherboards, and CPUs. ;) http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment26http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment26Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:18:26 GMTCongratulations on the brave move out of capitalistic imperialism. There are some Debiansecurity holes you may want to watch out for though... [http://xkcd.com/424/](http://xkcd.com/424/) Happy April Fool's! http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment25http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment25Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:02:58 GMTThis is a joke right? (Apr 1st) Adieu Ayende http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment24http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment24Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:25:21 GMTOn a serious note, give mono a chance! I host .NET web solutions on Debian and it works a treat! http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment23http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment23Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:15:16 GMT@Addy -- AyenDOS does sound better. http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment22http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment22Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:12:37 GMTLoser http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment21http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment21Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:40:34 GMTYou almost got me with this one. Wow.. I was just minifying the URL for a twitter posting when I saw the date.. great joke though, but it would have been very sad for the .NET community if you really left. http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment20http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment20Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:01:03 GMTHi Ayende, I almost believed until I saw a April Fool's day. We don't want you to move out from .NET . Alt.NET is not "Not.NET"! http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment19http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment19Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:00:15 GMTGood by Ayende! FOREVER AND EVER Proprietary Software TM http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment18http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment18Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:59:45 GMTNice one. You almost got me there, but the bit about moving to Erlang exclusively made it clear that you can't be serious. Happy April! http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment17http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment17Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:17:04 GMTThat will be no diff to me - I've been havin a hard time following your lines of thought even in a somewhat familiar env. -- Too tell the truth: I did not realize it was the 1st Apr until I read the comments - It sucks getting old. cheers! http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment16http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment16Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:48:36 GMTHa! its funny because its NOT true! http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment15http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment15Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:30:41 GMTthat a great one, Happy April fools' day http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment14http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment14Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:23:57 GMTGood joke! http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment13http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment13Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:09:16 GMTDamn! You got me, until I saw the first comments. Good one ! http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment12http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment12Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:18:37 GMTI believe nothing you say today. http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment11http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment11Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:59:38 GMTyou fools [April], it will be obviously named Ayendos :) http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment10http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment10Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:54:06 GMTYeah, nice move :) AyendeOS is now even more desirable)) http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment9http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment9Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:45:26 GMTGood one, Ayende! http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment8http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment8Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:04:00 GMTYou could always move to mono.... http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment7http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment7Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:54:39 GMThehe. you're the first to pull something that i've seen, but I'm still going thru my rss feeds. http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment6http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment6Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:50:02 GMTApril Fools http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment5http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment5Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:49:50 GMT@Ayende: I hate to hear that. Such a blow to the .NET community. I hope you change your mind in a day or so ;-) @Jonathan I would love to see that OS! http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment4http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment4Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:20:27 GMTAny word on when AyendeOS is coming out? http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment3http://ayende.com/3927/saying-goodbye-to-proprietary-software#comment3Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:03:33 GMT