>>But I find it amusing that defending it against a world that has moved on has taken on cult-like status as people dither for a decade over where to go next hoping to find something that can approach the wonders of the magic Fox.

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Yeah, yeah. IMHO we need to forget all this sort of stuff to reflect whether our buggy whips remain relevant at all now that the Henry Fords of the IT world have introduced automobiles/mobile devices. People may comfort themselves that Mono will keep their buggy whip relevant, but that's a highly risky proposition IMHO, especially when you track the ownership of Mono to a company for whom it's well outside their chosen profit niche.