> It's a shame how some people view .NET as a closed platform and not open source friendly That is a shame. Because Mono has advanced so far since a few years

> It's a shame how some people view .NET as a closed platform and not open source friendly That is a shame. Because Mono has advanced so far since a few years ago, and software such as Unity prove that robust, fast code can be written for the CLR and be relatively easy to port cross-platform. Its really an amazing feat. Diving further into the rabbit hole with WPF/WCF, which as far as I can tell hasn't been implemented in Mono, was an absolute awesome experience developing an application. I would take that over iOS/Android platforms any day of the week.