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On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Ian Barton<lists@manor-farm.org> wrote:

> Mono is a "clone" of Microsoft's Dot Net framework. It's good in that makes
> it possible for Windows C# programmers to develop Linux apps. However, the
> concern is that at some point, MS will decide to start a patent war over
> Mono. If Mono becomes "required" for the Gnome desktop, rather than just
> providing nice add on programs, Gnome would be sunk.

Somehow this perspective doesn't depress me as it's supposed to...