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"We've been using C and C++ way too much - they're nice, but they're very close to the machine and what we wanted was to empower regular users to build applications for Linux."
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"I think Linux is a great thing, in the big picture. It's a great hacker's tool, and it has a lot of potential to become something more."

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"In some cases we've been building tools that are specific to Linux for the desktop, and they only work on Linux, but I see two major projects that are wildly, wildly successful: Mozilla and OpenOffice, and those two programs are cross platform."

"After releasing Mono 1.0, we started work on a new edition of Mono that will be released later in the year."

"Our strategy in dealing with patents in Mono is the same strategy that any other software developer would take. In the event of a patent claim, we will try to find prior art to the claim of the patent."

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"Every piece of software written today is likely going to infringe on someone else's patent."
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