We've been using C and C++ way too much - they're nice, but they're very close to the machine and what we wanted was to empower regular users to build applications for Linux.

Our strategy in dealing with patents in Mono is the same strategy that any other software developer would take. In the event of a patent claim, we will try to find prior art to the claim of the patent.

We cannot choose one desktop over the other - Gnome or KDE - because there's users for both code bases.

We could refresh the look and feel of the entire desktop.

I was interested in Java the beginning, but the problem with Java is you do have to switch your platform.

There is a point in your life when you realize that you have written enough destructors.

The software patent problem is not limited to Mono. Software patents affect everyone writing software today.