Article of Gnome, Mono, Ubuntu and growing influence of Microsoft

[andy baxter]

Ari Torhamo wrote:
> I stumbled across this article at fsdaily.com:
> http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/15/mono-contamination-in-ubuntu/
> It's mainly about how Gnome and Ubuntu are becoming more dependent on Mono, the growing influence of Microsoft, and what might follow from this. Other Ubuntu related things are mentioned too.   
>
> I don't have the expertise to evaluate the content of the article, so I'm not promoting it. Just letting people know that the article is there.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ari Torhamo
>
>   
Does anyone know what the patent situation actually is with mono - have 
microsoft made the specifications irrevocably public domain (in which 
case I guess it doesn't matter so much that mono is a MS based 
language), or are they still holding certain rights over the technology 
which they can use later?

andy.