http://dfarber.blogware.com/blog en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:27:53 -0800 Open Source Blogware Dan http://dfarber.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2004/5/6/52971.html http://dfarber.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2004/5/6/52971.html Thu, 06 May 2004 13:32:51 -0700 <DIV dir=ltr align=left> <P><SPAN class=669064818-06052004><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif><FONT size=2><STRONG>David Berlind:</STRONG> This week marked a crucial milestone in in the open source community's question for&nbsp;Linux-based version of Microsoft's .Net.&nbsp; Yesterday, Novell, which through its acquisition of Ximian inherited the Mono project that's devoted to that cause, announced the availability of the first test release of the open source project.&nbsp; The release supports development of .Net applications in the C#&nbsp; language, which, up until now, were of little use outside of Windows.&nbsp; Availability to more platforms than Windows could help to level the playing field between .Net and Java.&nbsp;&nbsp; As Mono draws closer to&nbsp;a ship date, it may pressure Microsoft to do one of two things: try to slow it down from a legal perspective on the basis of patent or copyright infringement or, it may release Linux and Unix compatibile versions under its own brand.&nbsp; Much the same way Intel kept its response&nbsp; (Yamhill) to AMD's 32/64-bit Opeteron a ... Main Page Software Infrastructure Open Source