Why does Mono exist? [closed]

Question

I know what Mono is but I don't understand why it exists. Why do Novell sponsor the project? I ask the question because I would like to use Mono but I have concerns over its future/commitment. If I better understood why the projects exists I'd feel better about using/recommending it.

Answer 1

How else would any .NET code run on Unix/Linux/iOs?

It exists because Miguel De Icaza saw .NET, liked it and wanted to have it available on Linux. Knowing that Microsoft will probably not port the platform, he decided to do it himself.

Since the code is open source, it is not going away anywhere.