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-This is MonoNet.
 
-Ximian's portable implementation of .NET 
+This is Mono.
+
+Installation:
+
+	Read doc/download for installation instructions, 
+	or read the HTML version:
+
+		http://www.go-mono.com/download.html
+
+* Using Mono
+
+	Once you have installed the software, you can run a few programs:
+
+	* runtime engine
+
+		mono program.exe
+	  or
+		mint program.exe
+
+	* C# compiler
+
+		mcs program.cs
+
+	* CIL Disassembler
+
+		monodis program.exe
+
+	See the man pages for mono(1), mint(1), monodis(1) and mcs(2)
+	for further details.
+
+* A directory roadmap:
+
+	doc/
+		Contains documentation and the web site contents.
+
+	mono/
+		The core of the Mono Runtime.
+
+		metadata/
+			The object system and metadata reader.
+
+		jit/
+			The Just in Time Compiler.
+
+		dis/
+			CIL executable Disassembler
+
+		cli/
+			Common code for the JIT and the interpreter.
+
+		io-layer/
+			The I/O layer and system abstraction for 
+			emulating the .NET IO model.
+
+		cil/
+			Common Intermediate Representation, XML
+			definition of the CIL bytecodes.
+
+		interp/
+			Interpreter for CLI executables.
+
+		arch/
+			Architecture specific portions.
+
+