Will Mono Become the Preferred Platform for Linux Development? by Edd Dumbill -- Miguel de Icaza recently led a two-day meeting that brought together developers and early adopters of the Mono project, an open source effort to create a free implementation of the .NET Development Framework. Edd Dumbill attended the gathering and reports on how Mono could become the first-choice platform for Linux software development.

Mono開發(fā)了兩套API:
1、Micrsoft .NET 類庫API的實(shí)現(xiàn)：user interfaces, web services,? database access.
2、Mono特有的API：GTK user interface toolkit, the Cairo graphics system, and Mono's own database layer.

支持Mono的.NET開發(fā)工具:
MonoDevelop
支持的功能：智能感知、debugger、解決方案資源管理器

Open source Mono/GTK應(yīng)用程序:
MonoDevelop，Nat Friedman's Dashboard ， Muine （music player）, and BLAM （RSS aggregator）

Mono 1.0 計(jì)劃于2004年六月發(fā)布: 包含 .NET 1.0 與1.1 APIs?以及C# 1.0的實(shí)現(xiàn)。

There's no doubt in de Icaza's mind: "To me C is dead. Except for the JIT!"

Will Mono Become the Preferred Platform for Linux Development