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@@ -1,42 +1,44 @@
 
-The Mono Project
+* The Mono Project
 
-* Background.
+** Background.
 
 	The GNOME project goal was to bring missing technologies to
 	Unix and make it competitive in the current market place for
 	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
-	wrapped for other languages.  Our APIs are available on most
+	wrapped for other languages.  Our APIs are available to 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 we complemented it with policy and a set of
-	standard GNOME interfaces for easily creating reusable and
+	components. We complemented it with policy and a set of
+	standard GNOME interfaces for easily creating reusable,
 	language independent components, controls and compound
 	documents.  This technology is known as <a
-	href="http://www.ximian.com/tech/bonobo.php3">Bonobo<a>, and
-	easy to use interfaces to Bonobo exist for C, Perl, Python,
+	href="http://developer.ximian.com/tech/bonobo.html">Bonobo</a>.
+	Interfaces to Bonobo exist for C, Perl, Python, and
 	Java.
 
 	CORBA is good when you define coarse interfaces, and most
 	Bonobo interfaces are coarse.  The only problem is that
 	Bonobo/CORBA interfaces are not good for small interfaces.
-	For example implementing an XML parser component and use it to
-	parse, create and walk an XML document would be inneficient
-	compared to a C API.
+	For example, an XML parsing Bonobo/CORBA component would be
+	inefficient compared to a C API.
 
-* Microsoft's .NET
+** Another explanation
+
+	I recently explained our motivations to Dave Winer, and he posted
+	it <a
+	href="http://scriptingnews.userland.com/stories/storyReader$1275">here</a>
+
+** Microsoft's .NET
 
 	The Microsoft .NET initiative is confusing because it is a
 	company wide effort that ranges from development tools to end
-	user applications.  
-
-	Depending who you ask, you will probably get a different
-	answer on what .NET is, as .NET is a branding formative that
+	user applications.  .NET is a branding formative that
 	has been applied to:
 
 	<ul>
@@ -54,15 +56,13 @@ The Mono Project
 
 	</ul>
 
-	From all the above, the one I am interested in is the new .NET
-	development platform. 
+	Mono is an implementation of the .NET development platform.
 
-* The Common Language Infrastructure platform. 
+** The Common Language Infrastructure platform. 
 
 	Microsoft has created a new development platform.  The
 	highlights of this new development platform are:
 
-
 	<ul>
 		* A runtime environment that provides garbage
 		  collection, threading and a virtual machine
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ The Mono Project
 
 		* A comprehensive class library.  
 
-		* A new language, C#.  Very similar to Java.  C#
+		* A new language, C#.  Very similar to Java,  C#
 		  allows programmers to use all the features available
 		  on the .NET runtime.
 
@@ -106,17 +106,17 @@ The Mono Project
 	for program development that gives Microsoft a room to grow
   	for the coming years. 
 
-* ECMA standards.
+** ECMA standards.
 
-	Microsoft together with HP and Intel have submitted the
+	Microsoft has submitted the
   	specifications of C#, the runtime, the metadata and the
   	other various bits of the .NET development platform to the
-  	ECMA for standarization.  
+  	<a href="http://www.ecma.ch">ECMA</a> for standarization.
 
 	You can get a copy of the specifications submitted to ECMA
 	from: <a href="http://www.dotnetexperts.com/ecma">http://www.dotnetexperts.com/ecma</a>
 
-* Mono: an Open Source Common Language Infrastructure implementation. 
+** Mono: an Open Source Common Language Infrastructure implementation. 
 
 	Ximian has begun work on Mono, a project that aims to bring
   	the Common Language Infrastructure platform to free systems.  
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ The Mono Project
   	.NET development platform because it is a great platform to
   	build on.
 
-* What makes up Mono?
+** What makes up Mono?
 
 	There are various pieces that will make up Mono:
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ The Mono Project
 		* A CIL GCC frontend.
 	</ul>
 
-* Why use GNOME components?
+** Why use GNOME components?
 
 	GNOME is an umbrella project that consists of infrastructural
 	components (GUI toolkit, XML libraries, CORBA implementation,