“People attending an industry conference staged by Microsoft
wouldn’t ordinarily go to a session that touts programs for the
rival Linux operating system. But that’s what happened here this
week.“Organizers of the open-source Mono project, unsuccessful in
their bid to host a session inside Microsoft’s Professional
Developers Conference, drew a large crowd from the event to a
nearby hotel to learn about using Mono to make programs for Linux
and other operating systems…”