Spearheaded by Linux developer Ximian, the Mono Project is working to develop .Net applications that can run on Linux and other non-Windows OSes. Can it do so without infringing on Microsoft's ...

Visual MainWin enables C# and Visual Basic .Net developers to develop and maintain Web and server applications on both platforms, Cohen said.

With version 1.2, the Mono .Net project has expanded its Microsoft API stack so that Windows developers can port .Net applications to Linux without changing a single line of code.