The Mono project is about the only group of people actively talking up .NET and developing it, but in an interview Miguel de Icaza has admitted that Moonlight, the Mono version of Silverlight isn’t worth the effort any more.
Microsoft may be reluctant to admit that Silverlight is dead – even though the writing on the wall is so big and clear that you can’t miss it – but the Mono project doesn’t have to pretend. In fact, because it has limited resources, what the Mono project works on is almost a better guide to what the future of .NET might hold.