Will Mono Become the Preferred Platform for Linux Development

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开发了两套API:
1、Micrsoft .NET 类库API的实现：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开发工具:
MonoDevelop
支持的功能：智能感知、debugger、解决方案资源管理器

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

Mono 1.0 计划于2004年六月发布: 包含 .NET 1.0 与1.1 APIs 以及C# 1.0的实现。

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