Clearing up the FUD on CLI/Mono

There seems to be a misconception that the CLI, C#, and C++/CLI are owned by Microsoft. This is not, AFAIK, the case. These are ECMA standards. Among the contributors to these standardization efforts is Novell Inc. This site has some links to the official specs: http://www.dina.kvl.dk/~sestoft/ecma/ This site deals with C++/CLI, and is, AFAIK, funded by Novell: http://www.mono-project.com/CPlusPlus Steven