why not withstand mono? I've worked on two open source projects that used mono and we've had a great time with it. It's portable, FOSS, runs fast, compiles (a

why not withstand mono? I've worked on two open source projects that used mono and we've had a great time with it. It's portable, FOSS, runs fast, compiles (almost) everything, and has a strong and vibrant community. The JVM is closed source, which is a non-starter for me. Why should I invest in a proprietary platform that is lagging in features and support? MS won this battle, get over it