What would be a better day for an opportunity to say the truth about Mono in the press, under the moral shield that it the day of the Fools? Sam Varghese takes advantage and it's a recommended read.

Mr de Icaza told those assembled that he had always had a dual purpose in starting the project - to provide an implementation of Microsoft's .NET development framework so that Linux developers could enjoy the wonderful programming tools built in Redmond and also to ensure that in future Linux became so integrated with Microsoft that it would not be possible to pull the two apart.

The rest of the article is fictional and satirical, but the above is true. Mind the date before getting confused. Interestingly enough, iTWire removed the article "SUMDAM award for GNOME media spokesman" (article pulled now). Obviously, going ad hominem against Jeff Waugh was not tactful, not even on a day to amuse (as opposed to abuse). â–ˆ

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