This is the second half of our discussion with Miguel de Icaza about Mono, Moonlight, open source, and other fun stuff.

Topics

• When re-implementing .NET, do you match re-implement known bugs?
• The test / regression system to maintain compatibility
• How do you support so many platforms
• What parts of Mono are written in managed code? Which are written in C?
• Support for iPhone and Xbox
• Mono’s static compilation options
• Differing agendas in open source development
• Microsoft’s emerging open source strategy
• How the web has driven open source strategies and assumptions
• Why Mono used licensed codecs instead of using a library like ffmpeg
• Font distribution in Linux
• Frustrations with the Windows multimedia API’s
• What Miguel thought was insteresting at PDC
• When will we be able to run ASP.NET MVC on Mono?
• When will we get to use the C# 4.0 dynamic features in Mono?
• How does Novell make money on Mono?

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Herding Code 29: Miguel de Icaza (part 2)

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