The Mono discussion may be tiring, but the fact of the matter is that thanks to this discussion, various major Linux distributions are now making official statements detailing their position in the Mono/C# debate. The latest to do this is Ubuntu, which reiterated their position yesterday. More here

A clear position, and a very pragmatic one. Some of you might wonder why we hammer on about Mono, but the reason for that is simple: a lot of our readers find this a very important issue. They think Mono is a threat to Free software, and seeing Microsoft’s track record when it comes to Linux and open source, they have a very compelling reason to be wary of Mono.