] The GNU project is about making sure that computer users
] have certain important freedoms. If you use GNU/Linux
] today, you have these freedoms on a single computer.
] Generally speaking, the internet is also a place of
] freedom, because it is built on open protocols which are
] not in any way patent-encumbered, and which are generally
] implemented in Free Software. However, this freedom is
] threatened now by a monopolistic company which wants to
] catch us all in their dotNET. Read this warning written
] in 1896.
]
] The DotGNU project is the response of the Free Software
] movement. We want to have technological leadership in the
] webservices arena while at the same time making our
] system compatible with dotNET so that businesses can
] migrate to DotGNU without much trouble. The main
] objective is to have a system that truly belongs to the
] developers, which is not in any way controlled by a
] profit-oriented monopolistic company.
]
] DotGNU could be called an "operating system for the
] internet" - it's a collection of tools that allow
] software components to interact with each other over the
] internet. The most impressive parts are currently: