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LinuxWorld Magazine: Mono BOF Proposal Turned Down By Microsoft For Second Year Running?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 1, 2005

“‘At the last PDC,’ Miguel de Icaza notes, ‘the Mono BOF had the
largest number of votes when half the spots were still available
and it got dropped out of the list.’ Now it seems that history is
about to repeat itself.

“Writing, in his blog, of last year’s disappointment, he
explains:

“‘When I asked the various people in charge what happened they
kept pointing fingers at someone else until it reached full
circle…'”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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