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diff --git a/development/mono/README b/development/mono/README index c58a798cf4..699c670deb 100644 --- a/development/mono/README +++ b/development/mono/README @@ -1,4 +1,8 @@ -Mono is a Open Source implementation of the .NET Framework: it -is made up of a runtime engine that implements the ECMA Common -Language Infrastructure (CLI), a set of compilers that target -the CLI, and a large collection of class libraries. +Mono is a software platform designed to allow developers to easily create +cross platform applications. It is an open source implementation of +Microsoft's .Net Framework based on the ECMA standards for C# and the Common +Language Runtime. We feel that by embracing a successful, standardized +software platform, we can lower the barriers to producing great applications +for Linux. + +This requires libgdiplus. |