Microsoft has announced the transfer of the Mono project to the WineHQ project, which aims to enable Windows applications to run anywhere.
The Mono project began in 2001, seeking to implement .NET, which was then a closed-source project of Microsoft, into an open-source project that can be used anywhere. However, later on, the .NET project itself transitioned into an open-source project, with Microsoft acquiring Xamarin, the main developer of Mono, in 2016. Currently, the .NET project includes the Mono runtime within it.
Moving forward, the main code will be transferred to WineHQ’s GitLab, while the original code on GitHub will be archived, and various binaries will remain available for download for at least four more years.
TLDR: Microsoft transfers the Mono project to WineHQ, facilitating the running of Windows applications across different platforms.
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