[Reader-list] MS and Ximian to cooperate on .NET for Linux

[Raju Mathur]

Ah, here we go...

Unthinkable Happens Between Microsoft and Open Source
By Gavin Clarke 

After months of hostility, the astounding prospect of cooperation -
albeit limited - between Microsoft Corp and the open source community
has been raised, as the Windows giant said it would assist work on an
open source version of .NET for Linux and Unix.

Microsoft told ComputerWire it would provide technical assistance to
Ximian Inc in its work on the Mono Project, to develop a version of
.NET for Linux and Unix using open source development. Boston,
Massachusetts-based Ximian announced the Mono Project last week.

Full story at:
http://www.softwareuncovered.com/news/cgram-20010716.html#1

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