:Computerworld New Zealand: Mono's Demise Bad News for Open Source
Computerworld New Zealand: Mono's Demise Bad News for Open Source Dec 11, 2006, 16 :45 UTC (15 Talkback[s]) (6815 reads) (Other stories by Neil McAllister)
"Just when the Mono Project was beginning to gain traction, along comes Sun Microsystems to take the wind from its sails. I can't help but feel it's a mixed blessing.
"Mono gives Linux developers something they have never had before. It's a full application development platform, based on a fast runtime engine and virtual machine. It offers advanced, modern features, including Just-in-Time compilation, the 'sandbox' security model and automated memory management. It supports multiple programming languages and it isn't tied to any one processor. Best of all, it's fully open source..."
