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Microsoft donates the Mono Project to the Wine team (www.gamingonlinux.com)
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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wasn't it open source all the time? The article spins it more like microsoft don't want to shepherd the project any more, another group takes over?

Isn't it just less work for m$ or what am I missing?

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That’s my take too

Edit: Yup, Microsoft kindly abandoned their work to others.