Microsoft only produces the Silverlight runtime for Windows and OS X, leaving Linux support to Novell's Mono project, which produces Moonlight. Mono developers argue that Mono is not chasing tail lights, but in the case of Moonlight it very clearly is.

A batch of small updates on the Mono/Moonlight situation - NOVELL'S (and Microsoft's) plan with Moonlight is something that we have warned about ever since Moonlight was first announced.

The relationship between Novell and Mono is explored again; Moonlight as a Web-imposed Mono enforcer

Boycott Novell contributors explain why Mono and Moonlight are real risks

Novell's strategy has a lot to do with Mono and Moonlight, based on the technical officer

It's time certain pro-MONOpolists faced the fact that Mono only exists to serve Microsoft. Take away Novell employees' contractual obligation to follow the company's agenda, and suddenly Mono becomes redundant.

Novell-sponsored Mono software gets extended so as to make it interconnected with Microsoft Moonlight, a "forbidden" component by Red Hat's assessment

A new story of migration to Microsoft (due to Apple's reliance on Microsoft) offers an important lesson about the purpose of Novell's Mono and Moonlight

The road to Mono, courtesy of Novell projects; Moonlight never meant to be Silverlight compatible