The Mono Firefight

"This set of links is not exhaustive. I've no doubt missed many fascinating and well written articles. It is however what I was able to find by back linking from the articles I've read, and I think that it covers many of the important posts, along with some of the less important ones.

"For historical reasons I'm starting with a post called Old mono rants from November 2006. I've included this because while it isn't part of the current fuss, it does show that there were concerns that far back. And while this isn't part of it either, there has been a number of posts over the years on how to remove Mono from Ubuntu. Ubuntu versions Hardy Heron and Intrpid Ibex were covered by the Open Sourcerer. He then wrote an article that he called The Mono Effect covering the surge in hits he got after each article. There was also an article at Boycott Novell titled Mono Watch: Where Is It All Coming From?"

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