XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Mon, 05 Jan 2026 08:24:58 +0000, Richard Kettlewell wrote:   
      
      
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_(software) originated as an   
   > independent implementation of (some of) .Net and C#, but apparently now   
   > has some MS code (.Net Core) in the runtime.   
      
   Mono has had a long, strange history. I played with it 20 years ago when   
   you could do C# console programs on Linux but there were limitations. They   
   must have been working on it but .NET Core was released in 2014, shortly   
   after Ballmer 'retired'. Then there was the Xamarin chapter as it got   
   passed around.   
      
   afaik Mono still uses .NET Framework 4.8. Microsoft still does security   
   updates but 4.8.1 was the last release.   
      
   I see the dotnet SDK useful for developers that prefer working on Linux   
   and that are working on ASP.NET solutions that will be deployed on cloud   
   Linux instances. I don't know what the use case for mono is.   
      
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