Just to clarify the clarification :-) Gnome will NOT be based on Microsoft .Net software. Gnome will be changed to use the .Net Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) eventually (if all goes to plan), but it will not need .Net since the Gnome people are working on an open-source IMPLEMENTATION of the .Net APIs, called 'Mono'. So, it will all be open-source, but it will be compatible with Microsoft's .Net.
Does this clear things up?
Corrections to the above are appreciated.
author wrote:
I read that Gnome will now be based on Microsoft .Net software. How can you have an free opensource OS with Microsoft code in it? Gnome used to claim that they were 'cleaner' than KDE because Gnome had nothing to do with any for-profit company. Now Gnome says using MS code is just fine. I don't want any MS code in my Linux box! Can we get Red Hat to kick Gnome out of the distribution? That is, if AOL doesn't buy Red Hat.
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