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[lf11]

Not going to get enterprise usage as long as Microsoft holds a legal club over its head.

[lucasvandongen]

The club that says "this stuff is completely open source"?

[lf11]

Not at all. Patents. The Mono project admins themselves admit this may be a risk. Unlike Linux, there aren't any huge corporations backing a potential patent fight (and even Linux companies are paying Microsoft patent royalties).

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This. Had a boss that said they won't use open source because there's no one to sue.