Lynn David Newton wrote:

>Greetings,
>
>Last night a friend, a software giant who work in the
>world of .NET, told me he heard there is an effort to
>develop the .NET framework or a clone, for Linux, a
>project that has been going on, as he understands it,
>for about a year.
>
>Has anyone heard about this?
>
>  
>
There is a clone called mono and an effort to destroy .Net called DotGNU.

If you want to learn more about a clone (www.go-mono.com)
If you want to learn more about the effort to destroy proprietary and 
patent encumbered systems check www.dotgnu.org


-adam