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At this point I’m sure you’ve heard about Mono? I liken Mono to similar efforts, such as Wine. What an amazing accomplishment to even attempt to port any monolithic API Microsoft has put out. You have to give them props.

What does Microsoft think of Mono?
Microsoft (and Joe) on MONO
Here’s one MS Blogger that voices his opinion. I sincerely hope that he is in the minority when it comes to their attitude of Mono. It seems like he is in full evangelist mode, and not really seeing the whole picture (Or… the picture outside of Redmond). Such a close-minded attitude… If Microsoft as a company believes this, it will get them in trouble, I’m sure of it.

(If you read all of the comments, it seems as if he may be coming down off of his stump, but we’ll see what happens).

Check out this link that took a series of polls on Mono. This is how the rest of the world views Mono. The results are clear.
The Mono Survey - the results

Hard to believe that the CMD.exe in XP hasn’t changed a whole lot since its DOS days (or maybe that’s why I still like it).

You want a completely different command prompt? Well take a look at this:
Coolest Channel 9 video I’ve ever seen… - Just the name of the artcle, not my opinion. Also, there are quite a few links to other sites besides the video.

It’s called Monad. MS’s attempt to completely redefine how the command prompt works. You can get it right now, and play with it. I’m going to try it out soon.

How can a command prompt be any different than it is now? Well, watch the video! It’s amazingly powerful stuff (once you learn the syntax, always the kicker).

Of course, I still maintain the opinion that “The days of the command line operating system are over!”, but I think Monad could evolve into a very useful product.