>any side project like Mono can be shut down any time. RMS had been trying to spread that particular flavor of FUD for over a decade - albeit C#'s popularity h

>any side project like Mono can be shut down any time. RMS had been trying to spread that particular flavor of FUD for over a decade - albeit C#'s popularity has extended beyond Linux into mobile space. I am no friend of Microsoft, and not a huge fan of Mono - but I think together they provide a viable alternative to the cross-platform JVM.