IDG News Service editor Matt Berger offers a perspective and status update on Mono, the open source project to develop a .NET equivalent that runs on Linux . . .

“Developers from the loosely-knit Mono project this week made available more bits and pieces of their technology, as they slowly plug away at creating an open source version of Microsoft Corp.'s .Net initiative . . .”

“Mono would be the first group outside of Microsoft to reconstruct .Net. Without an endorsement from Microsoft, developers on the project are recreating the technology so that it is available for Linux and Unix. This will allow it to be used commercially without owing any royalties to Microsoft. With its go-it-alone approach, de Icaza admits that Mono is busy playing catch-up . . .”

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