Novell Announces Availability of Mono 1.0

    Novell today announced the
    availability of Mono(TM) 1.0, an open source development platform based
    on the .NET framework that allows software developers to efficiently
    build Linux* and cross-platform applications to benefit their customers
    or co-workers. A community initiative sponsored by Novell, the Mono
    project makes it far easier to build and develop applications on Linux
    and other platforms, allowing developers to get software to market
    faster and more cost effectively.

    “Even as Linux grows on enterprise desktops, developing applications
    for the Linux desktop has been challenging because existing tools were
    extremely technical and complex,” said Miguel de Icaza, Novell(R) vice
    president of development and founder of the Mono project. “Mono is an
    extremely usable, commercial-grade development platform for Linux
    desktops and servers with a complete set of tools and APIs. It’s based
    on published standards and proven programming languages and libraries,
    and Mono’s cross-platform capabilities also extend to applications for
    Microsoft Windows, Apple MacOS X and other flavors of UNIX.”

    Mono includes a C# compiler, a .NET-compatible runtime and two stacks
    of application programming interfaces (API) — a Mono stack that takes
    utmost advantage of Linux servers and desktops, and a set of APIs
    compatible with the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 that provides support
    for ASP.NET, ADO.NET and several other components. To further aid
    software developers, a new Web site — http://www.mono-project.com —
    has been launched with tools, resources, project roadmaps and detailed
    information about Mono. Previous project Web sites focused on creating
    and contributing to Mono, while the new site caters to users of Mono and
    those deploying applications with Mono, in addition to project
    contributors.

    With hundreds of developers around the world contributing to Mono, it
    is a recommended platform for building desktop applications on the Linux
    operating system, and Novell is using Mono internally in the development
    of products including iFolder and ZENworks(R). Since the Mono Beta 1 was
    released May 4, more than 50,000 copies of the software have been
    downloaded.

    “The Mono project is not only delivering on its promise as a complete
    open source development platform based on .NET, but it also offers
    tremendous cross-platform support,” said Philippe Cohen, vice president
    of products for Mainsoft Corporation.

    Matthias Bauer, head of development for Voelcker Informatik AG, a
    Berlin-based consulting company working with the City of Munich, said,
    “With Mono we can integrate Linux systems into our IT service management
    solution. Mono is a very important step that allows us to easily create
    cross-platform management solutions and integrate Linux as a manageable
    server system into standard Microsoft networks.”

    Mono 1.0 incorporates key .NET-compliant components such as a C#
    compiler and a portable execution system that includes just-in-time
    (JIT) and pre-compilation support. In addition, the Mono project
    provides:

    – An advanced development environment for writing Linux applications
    with unprecedented productivity.
    – Comprehensive APIs for delivering rich client, Web services and
    server-side applications.
    – Cross-platform deployment capabilities, supporting Linux, Sun
    Solaris*, Apple* MacOS X, Microsoft Windows* NT/XP and various other
    UNIX* systems on a variety of architectures.
    – Highly effective tools that facilitate the creation of product APIs
    and software development kits (SDK) that are language independent across
    multiple operating systems.
    – The cross-platform Gtk# GUI programming library that allows
    developers to target Linux, Windows and MacOS X with a single code base
    from any of the Mono compatible programming languages.
    – Support for several languages such as VisualBasic, Python, JScript
    and Java. Through the open source project iKVM, Mono includes Java
    support, making the popular language an able vehicle for leveraging Mono
    technology.

    Availability
    Mono 1.0 is available for download at
    http://www.mono-project.com/downloads/index.html. For more
    information about the Mono project, visit http://www.mono-project.com.
    For more on Novell’s Linux strategy and offerings, see
    http://www.novell.com/linux.

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