Please beware, Project Mono has been described as a Trojan Horse and I agree. M$ wants a foothold in Linux because they believe the growth of Linux is begining to threaten them.

Project Mono is a M$ sponsored Novell project that allows developers to use .NET products on Linux. If i had a doubt about this Trojan Horse thing, A look at OpenSuSE 11 RC1 cleared all doubts. I see the hand of M$ in everything. From Installer to Startup to programs to everything. If you wish to see Linux die a sudden death, embrace project mono, else NEVER ACCEPT A GIFT FROM THE GREEKS

Here is an excerpt from Wikipedia, it tells the story of the Trojan Horse in a poemlike interesting way.

By destiny compell'd, and in despair,
The Greeks grew weary of the tedious war,
And by Minerva's aid a fabric rear'd,
Which like a steed of monstrous height appear'd:
The sides were plank'd with pine; they feign'd it made
For their return, and this the vow they paid.
Thus they pretend, but in the hollow side
Selected numbers of their soldiers hide:
With inward arms the dire machine they load,
And iron bowels stuff the dark abode.

Laocoon, follow'd by a num'rous crowd,
Ran from the fort, and cried, from far, aloud:
‘O wretched countrymen! What fury reigns?
What more than madness has possess'd your brains?
Think you the Grecians from your coasts are gone?
And are Ulysses' arts no better known?
This hollow fabric either must inclose,
Within its blind recess, our secret foes;
Or 't is an engine rais'd above the town,
T' o'erlook the walls, and then to batter down.
Somewhat is sure design'd, by fraud or force:
Trust not their presents, nor admit the horse.’

hmmm Food for thought ,

but money is not always a bad thing ,
see what IBM has done for Java, look at Sun's new stance
The strength of open source software should be freedom to do anything with it, including; make money

That's what makes it viable and attractive to large organizations (it needs a good financial/economic model supporting it)
Look at Red Hat, Jboss , Spring etc. No one buys software from Okori and Sons, LTD.

MS have resources that ( before IBM) you can only dream about , let them spend it on linux
Windows has many good points, if they find their way into Linux, then all the better for the end user
Let the Trojan horse enter, we can use it for firewood !

I cant help but laugh. Well at least we know what to do with the Trojan Horse now