Here comes the cavalry: In an attempt to stave off Microsoft's
domination of the Internet through its .NET initiative, Ximian (the outfit
pushing GNOME/Gtk on Linux and employing several of its key developers) is
planning an open-source rival, with the uninspiring moniker of "Mono".
More power to them, I say. If we end up in the Microsoft Millennium, let's
not do so without putting up a good fight.