The role of Mono and Novell in fulfilling Microsoft's desire to change GNU/Linux.

The role Novell and Mono play in Microsoft's pursuit of Web domination

An analysis of Mono -- from Novell and Microsoft to Fedora

Windows is promoted at the expense of Free software and Linux because Novell's Mono endeavours are increased and get a new name: "MonoDroid"

Further analysis of what Novell's likely sale means when it comes to its patents and what it is currently doing to MeeGo, to which it added a Mono stack

Another GNU/Linux distribution throws Mono out; Microsoft's foundation may adopt more from Novell

Novell's newly-appointed UK boss remarks on Microsoft's relationship with Novell

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.

There is a substantive effort in open source to bring such an implementation of .Net to market, known as Mono and being driven by Novell, and one of the attributes of the agreement we made with Novell is that the intellectual property associated with that is available to Novell customers.