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  • Mono Project aims to bring .Net apps to Linux

    Spearheaded by Linux developer Ximian, the Mono Project is working to develop .Net applications that can run on Linux and other non-Windows OSes. Can it do so without infringing on Microsoft's intellectual property?

  • Open-source .Net takes shape

    Builders of the Mono open-source development project released an update on Tuesday that will let programmers write Microsoft .Net applications for Linux and Unix operating systems.

  • Open-source firm casts its own .Net

    Even as Microsoft touts the open availability of the underpinnings of its .Net initiative, open-source advocates are working to make sure .Net isn't a Microsoft-only technology.

  • Is .Net ready to go anywhere?

    Last month, the ECMA approved C# as a standard--raising the possibility that .Net might break free of its Windows underpinnings. Eric Knorr assesses the prospects.

  • Tech group backs Microsoft's .Net tools

    Microsoft has said a technology standards body has endorsed programming tools key to expanding the appeal of the company's .Net Web services plan.

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  • Mono-man brings .NET to Linux

    Novell's Miguel de Icaza is working on a technology that he says can replicate Microsoft's vaunted software development platform on Linux. Additional reading: The beginning of the end for Microsoft?

  • Open-source .Net takes shape

    Builders of the Mono open-source development project has released an update that will let programmers write Microsoft .Net applications for Linux and Unix operating systems.

  • Will open source force a sea change in IT?

    Imagine a world where most software licenses are fee-free. Your careers, your IT strategies, and your vendor relationships would be utterly transformed. Could this come to pass?

  • Microsoft's singing in C#

    Microsoft and its allies have quietly expanded an effort to gain acceptance for C#, the software giant's competitor to Java and a foundation for its next-generation Internet services.

  • Part I: .Net under the microscope

    At one stage it seemed that .Net was simply a prefix for every new Microsoft product release but, while still not perfect, it is evolving into a stable platform for Web services development.

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