Further flushage

[mono.git] / web / rationale

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@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ The Mono Project
        desktop applications.  We also realized early on that language
        independence was important, and that is why GNOME APIs were
        coded using a standard that allowed the APIs to be easily
-       wrapper for other languages.  Our APIs are available on most
+       wrapped for other languages.  Our APIs are available on most
        programming languages on Unix (Perl, Python, Scheme, C++,
        Objective-C, Ada). 
 
        Later on we decided to use better methods for encapsulating
        our APIs, and we started to use CORBA to define interfaces to
-       components, and we complemented it policy and a set of
+       components we complemented it with policy and a set of
        standard GNOME interfaces for easily creating reusable and
        language independent components, controls and compound
        documents.  This technology is known as <a
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ The Mono Project
        user applications.  
 
        Depending who you ask, you will probably get a different
-       answer on what .NET is, .NET is a branding name that has been
-       applied to:
+       answer on what .NET is, as .NET is a branding formative that
+       has been applied to:
 
                * The .NET development platform, a new platform for
                  writing software.
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ The Mono Project
 
 * The .NET development platform.
 
-       Microsoft has created a new development platform, the
+       Microsoft has created a new development platform.  The
        highlights of this new development platform are:
 
                * A runtime environment that provides garbage
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ The Mono Project
 
                * A comprehensive class library.  
 
-               * A new language, C#.  Very similar to Java, that
+               * A new language, C#.  Very similar to Java.  C#
                  allows programmers to use all the features available
                  on the .NET runtime.
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ The Mono Project
        runtime on the CIL byte codes ensures that it is possible to
        do a good job at optimizing the code in a JIT compiler. 
 
-       There is not really a lot of innovation in this platform, we
+       There is not really a lot of innovation in this platform: we
        have seen all of these concepts before, and we are all
        familiar with how these things work.
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ The Mono Project
 
        The .NET development platform is essentially a new foundation
        for program development that gives Microsoft a room to grow
-       for the next years. 
+       for the coming years. 
 
 * ECMA standards.