PRNewswire: Novell Kickstarts Availability of Linux Desktop Applications

“Novell today introduced the Mono Kickstart program to provide
for the first time developer support to organizations using Mono
for new application development or migrations. Mono is a
comprehensive open source development platform based on the .NET
framework that allows IT and independent software vendor developers
to build Linux and cross-platform applications (MacOS X, IBM S/390
and Sun Solaris) with unprecedented productivity, using popular
programming languages such as C#, Java and VB.NET. The Mono project
is a community initiative sponsored by Novell. As a result of the
Mono Kickstart program, it is now far easier to build and develop
applications on Linux and other platforms, allowing developers to
get software to market faster and more cost effectively…”

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