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When Miguel de Icaza founded the Mono project in 2004, he was ridiculed. No way would Microsoft allow an open source implementation of its .Net platform to exist, critics said. Even after Mono gained commercial backing from Novell, many assumed Microsoft would soon move to crush the project, either through patent claims or more underhanded means. Microsoft never did -- so far. Now it looks like it may not have to.
As first reported by InternetNews.com, Attachmate, the systems and security management company that completed its acquisition of Novell for $2.2 billion in April, began layoffs this week. The exact number remains unknown, but from the sound of it, virtually the entire Mono team has been let go.
"We have re-established Nuremburg [Germany] as the headquarters of our Suse [Linux] business unit, and the prioritization and resourcing of certain development efforts -- including Mono -- will now be determined by the business unit leaders there," Attachmate CEO Jeff Hawn told InternetNews.com.
That leaves Mono's future uncertain, to say the least. It's still unclear whether de Icaza, who held the title of vice president at Novell, himself received the axe; he couldn't be reached for comment. Although in November he tweeted that the Mono team would continue as is, this is now clearly not the case. Mono has very much been de Icaza's baby since its inception. Even if he continues to guide the project, the team that saw Mono through nine successive releases is apparently no more.
read more: http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/uncertain-future-open-source-net-047
As first reported by InternetNews.com, Attachmate, the systems and security management company that completed its acquisition of Novell for $2.2 billion in April, began layoffs this week. The exact number remains unknown, but from the sound of it, virtually the entire Mono team has been let go.
"We have re-established Nuremburg [Germany] as the headquarters of our Suse [Linux] business unit, and the prioritization and resourcing of certain development efforts -- including Mono -- will now be determined by the business unit leaders there," Attachmate CEO Jeff Hawn told InternetNews.com.
That leaves Mono's future uncertain, to say the least. It's still unclear whether de Icaza, who held the title of vice president at Novell, himself received the axe; he couldn't be reached for comment. Although in November he tweeted that the Mono team would continue as is, this is now clearly not the case. Mono has very much been de Icaza's baby since its inception. Even if he continues to guide the project, the team that saw Mono through nine successive releases is apparently no more.
read more: http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/uncertain-future-open-source-net-047
