The open-source community, through Linux software development company Ximian, has embarked on a development effort to bring Microsoft's .Net platform to Linux. Called the Mono Project, this effort ...

The Mono Project has to be one of the most eagerly awaited open source projects for developers, bringing the .NET framework to Linux and other platforms, opening up a range of possibilities for ...

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IT SEEMS THAT everyone knows about .Net. Microsoft’s latest effort is featured in television and magazine ads all over the place. Of course, some people think that enough vapor surrounds .Net to cause ...

Mono == the CLR and the System namespace along with a C# compiler, depends on what you consider .NET if mono == .NET it is however working towards being compatible w/ the proposed standard, they are ...

It’s possible to look back six years or so to see the roots of today in the open sourcing of .NET and the creation of the .NET Foundation. The platform needed an independent body to shepherd it ...

At its Build dev conference last week, Microsoft released a preview of the next version of its .Net Core runtime distribution, fulfilling last fall’s pledge to open source .Net and take it ...