Hi Chris,

Thank you for your feedback. I think, however, you might be staring a gift 
horse in the mouth. I write software primarily because I need it and am happy 
to share it with others. For me, open-source is about sharing ideas, 
innovating, and improving education. I'm fortunate that I don't need to rely on 
my programming to make money. Like most computer users, I use Windows and .NET 
is the framework that we have. It's an excellent framework, despite what some 
may think of the company that developed it. I understand that many people chose 
other operating systems (and good for them!) but I'm also aware that the Mono 
framework allows for the possibility of running Whitebox GAT on Linux/Mac. 
There are currently people working on porting Whitebox over using Mono. I 
suspect, however, that there are some out there who would still not be pleased 
with the use of Mono as a framework. The fact of the matter is that not 
everybody will be happy all of the time. If this isn't the solution that suits 
you, I'm sure there are others that are more suited. And that's fine by me. 
It's just nice that people out there are working hard every day to ensure that 
you have choices, isn't it?

--
John Lindsay, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Guelph
Guelph, Ont. N1G 2W1   CANADA
Phone: (519) 824-4120 x56074
Fax: (519) 837-2940
Email:  jlind...@uoguelph.ca
Department Web: www.uoguelph.ca/geography/
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