Fair enough if people want to work on Mono, but what they are doing is letting MS set the standard and define how things are done, and then struggling to keep up. They are re-inventing the wheel instead of doing their own thing. By the time they have implemented all of silverlights features a new version will be out and the Linux boyz will still be 2 years behind the times.

Stick to perl, python and ruby or develop another platform, but whatever you do stop riding pillion. What you are saying is that it is MS in the driving seat, they are leading the way in development.