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		_csoo on June 10, 2007 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Please explain: why Mono? I think it's because they're a bunch of Microsofties. They saw C# and .NET and thought, OHMIGODC001, and wanted it on Linux. They probably migrated to Linux in just the same way, OHMIGODC001 C0MM4ND-L1N3! I think it's just a project so they can feel like they're working hard on something. It's a time-killer. A wasted effort unfortunately :( (I hope I didn't come off as too harsh...I've only gotten 2 hours of sleep in the last 24 hours and have a bit of a sun burn)

tx on June 10, 2007 [–]

Dude, don't bash Miguel. He's bad ass: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Icaza

He's one of the original GNOME guys.

_csoo on June 10, 2007 | [–]

Wow. He's done a lot. Sorry for the bashing!

But I think the fact that he works on something that Microsoft should be working on themselves excuses a bit of the bashing :P

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