[dba-Tech] Leveraging your .Net skills in uncertain times

In these uncertain times, of post Microsoft Empire, where no one can say for
sure, "What's next?", it is always best to keep your options open.

Open standards and OSS is a good broad philosophy but then there has to be
good and reliable products out there that fill the definition. Here is one
set of products that will fill some/one of the programming voids...MONO and
it various iterations. 

http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page

...and for the gamers amongst you...

http://monogame.codeplex.com/

The above package states its goal of "Write once, Play everywhere".
Regardless of what you personally think of Microsoft, this product is the
real thing and is supported, to a large degree by Microsoft, using many of
the programmers that work there. 

Has anyone here had a serious look at the MONO collect?

Aside: It is not that MS suddenly has a change of Capitalistic heart, it is
the sober understanding of reality that the Open Source community evolves
faster and is significantly more innovative than any closed shop. I am sure
that Apple and even Google, to a large extent, will eventually be forced,
even kicking and screaming, to adopt a similar attitude.

Jim