Moving to .NET? Don't forget to check out Mono

OK, looks like you (Mark) have pretty much made up
your mind about .NET. I'd like to caution you about
it, though. Not all of .NET is cross-platform. Even
so, you might want to get in touch with the Mono guys.
(open source .NET for linux/unix) That way you can
bounce off some ideas - they've practically ported the
.NET infrastructure (not all, though) to linux.
Considering that mono seems to be well accepted by the
Gnome project, you might get 'free'
cross-platform capability relatively soon. btw, Mono
is already at version 1.0.1.

http://www.mono-project.com/about/index.html

Excerpt:
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Sponsored by Novell and led by Miguel de Icaza, the
Mono project has an active and enthusiastic
contributing community. Mono includes both developer
tools and the infrastructure needed to run .NET client
and server applications.

Mono includes a compiler for the C# language, an
ECMA-compatible runtime engine (the Common Language
Runtime, or CLR),and class libraries. The libraries
include Microsoft .NET compatibility libraries
(including ADO.NET and ASP.NET), Mono's own and third
party class libraries.Gtk#, a set of .NET bindings for
the gtk+ toolkit and assorted GNOME libraries can be
found in the later. This library allows you to build
fully native Gnome application using Mono and includes
support for user interfaces built with the Glade
interface builder. Furthermore, Mono's runtime can be
embedded into applications for simplified packaging
and shipping. In addition, the Mono project offers an
IDE, debugger, and documentation browser.




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