You’ll often hear Team Apologista (when cornered) say something like: “Maybe not all of Mono is covered by the ECMA standard, but all the bits used in Linux programs are.” (Here’s just one example from the recent Reddit thread, but like all Team Apologista arguments, you’ll see a similar talking point repeatedly.)

Now of course, we know that is simply not true – System.Data was used in Banshee at least until very recently, but let’s dive deeper.

Does the claim that “All of the pieces of Mono that are used in Linux apps are covered by the MCP.” hold up under examination?

Non-ECMA Namespaces

According to Wikipedia, here is a list of BCL namespaces that are not part of the ECMA standard:

System.CodeDom
System.ComponentModel
System.Configuration
System.Data
System.Deployment
System.DirectoryServices
System.Drawing
System.EnterpriseServices
System.Linq
System.Linq.Expressions
System.Management
System.Media
System.Messaging
System.Resources
System.ServiceProcess
System.Timers
System.Transactions
System.Web
System.Windows.Forms
System.Xml

Note that this is only Base Class Libraries not a part of the ECMA standard – there may be other .NET namespaces Mono implements that are also not covered by ECMA. However since I don’t think Team Apologista will be forthcoming with a comprehensive list, nor do I think it will be necessary to do so in order to prove the point here, I see no need to search them out at this time. That being said, if someone feels motivated to do so, I would be very interested in seeing the results!

Cautionary Note: The Wikipedia list appears to be up to date, but if you like you can verify against this .zipped XML file on the Microsoft ECMA C# and  Common Language Infrastructure Standards page. However, when checking it myself I think there may be some System.XML stuff that is part of the standard. I did check for more specific entries that the Mono apps use, such as System.XML.Serialization, System.XML.XPath, System.XML.Schema and so forth, and did not see them in the standard. So, I’m leaving that bit in for now.

UPDATE 2010.12.15: Since System.Xml is now (as of this month) in the standard, it’s probably better to leave all the System.Xml* stuff out altogether. I have left the file listings intact, and posted numbers “minus System.Xml” in the summary at the end. Thanks to OneAndOnlySnob over on Reddit for pointing this out.

The programs

So, armed with this list, let’s examine a few of the “crazy delicious awesome rocks” Mono applications and see what we find. In every case I am searching against a copy of the source code repository cloned the day of this writing. Don’t want to fall into the it’s-not-really-released-yet-but-we-fixed-it trickery trap twice!

Banshee

Let’s hit this one first, since it was the starter:

[jason@apollo banshee-git]$ find . -name '*.cs'|xargs egrep -i "using system.codedom|using system.componentmodel|using sytem.configuration|using system.data|using system.deployment|using system.directoryservices|using system.drawing|using system.enterpriseservices|using system.linq|using system.management|using system.media|using system.messaging|using system.resources|using system.serviceprocess|using system.timers|using system.transactions|using system.web|using system.windows.forms|using system.xml"
./banshee/src/Dap/Banshee.Dap/Banshee.Dap/DapLibrarySync.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Dap/Banshee.Dap/Banshee.Dap/DapSource.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Dap/Banshee.Dap/Banshee.Dap/DapSync.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Dap/Banshee.Dap/Banshee.Dap/DapService.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Dap/Banshee.Dap/Banshee.Dap.Gui/LibrarySyncOptions.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Dap/Banshee.Dap/Banshee.Dap.Gui/DapContent.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Dap/Banshee.Dap.MassStorage/Banshee.Dap.MassStorage/MassStorageDevice.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Audiobook/Banshee.Audiobook/Actions.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Audiobook/Banshee.Audiobook/BookView.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Audiobook/Banshee.Audiobook/AudiobookLibrarySource.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Lastfm/Banshee.Lastfm/LastfmSource.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Lastfm/Banshee.Lastfm/LastfmPreferences.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Lastfm/Banshee.Lastfm.Audioscrobbler/Queue.cs:using System.Web;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Lastfm/Banshee.Lastfm.Audioscrobbler/Queue.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Lastfm/Banshee.Lastfm.Recommendations/RecommendationPane.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.YouTube/Banshee.YouTube.Data/DataFetch.cs:using System.Web;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Daap/Banshee.Daap/DaapProxyWebServer.cs:using System.Web;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Daap/Daap/ContentFetcher.cs:using System.Web;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Daap/Daap/Client.cs:using System.Web;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.MiroGuide/Banshee.MiroGuide/MiroGuideSource.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.AmazonMp3/Banshee.AmazonMp3/AmzXspfPlaylist.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.AmazonMp3/Banshee.AmazonMp3/ConsoleTool.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.AmazonMp3/Banshee.AmazonMp3/AmazonDownloadManager.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.InternetArchive/InternetArchive/Details.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.InternetArchive/InternetArchive/Search.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.InternetArchive/InternetArchive/DetailsFile.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.InternetArchive/InternetArchive/JsonExtensions.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.InternetArchive/InternetArchive/SearchResults.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.InternetArchive/InternetArchive/SearchResult.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.InternetArchive/InternetArchive/DetailsReview.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.InternetArchive/Banshee.InternetArchive/Actions.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.InternetArchive/Banshee.InternetArchive/SearchView.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.InternetArchive/Banshee.InternetArchive/DetailsView.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.InternetArchive/Banshee.InternetArchive/HomeView.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.InternetArchive/Banshee.InternetArchive/HeaderFilters.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.InternetArchive/Banshee.InternetArchive/HomeSource.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.InternetArchive/Banshee.InternetArchive/SearchSource.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.InternetArchive/Banshee.InternetArchive/Item.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.InternetArchive/Banshee.InternetArchive/SearchDescription.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.InternetArchive/Banshee.InternetArchive/DetailsSource.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.PlayerMigration/Banshee.PlayerMigration/ItunesPlayerImportSource.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.PlayerMigration/Banshee.PlayerMigration/RhythmboxPlayerImportSource.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Fixup/Banshee.Fixup/Problem.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Fixup/Banshee.Fixup/FixActions.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Fixup/Banshee.Fixup/AlbumDuplicateSolver.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Fixup/Banshee.Fixup/ArtistDuplicateSolver.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Fixup/Banshee.Fixup/GenreDuplicateSolver.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Fixup/Banshee.Fixup/ColumnCellSolutionOptions.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Fixup/Banshee.Fixup/Solver.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Fixup/Banshee.Fixup/Tests.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.LibraryWatcher/Banshee.LibraryWatcher/SourceWatcher.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.PlayQueue/Banshee.PlayQueue/PlayQueueSource.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.PlayQueue/Banshee.PlayQueue/HeaderWidget.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Emusic/Banshee.Emusic/EmusicService.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Emusic/Banshee.Emusic/EmusicImport.cs:using System.Xml;
/banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Emusic/Banshee.Emusic/DownloadManager/DownloadManagerInterface.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.LastfmStreaming/Banshee.LastfmStreaming/LastfmTrackInfo.cs:using System.Web;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Podcasting/Banshee.Podcasting.Gui/DownloadManager/DownloadManagerInterface.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Podcasting/Banshee.Podcasting.Data/PodcastSource.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Podcasting/Banshee.Podcasting/PodcastImageFetchJob.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Extensions/Banshee.Podcasting/Banshee.Podcasting/PodcastService.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Clients/Nereid/Nereid/PlayerInterface.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Playlists.Formats/PlaylistParser.cs:using System.Web;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Playlists.Formats/AsxPlaylistFormat.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.MediaProfiles/MediaProfileManager.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.MediaProfiles/Pipeline.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.MediaProfiles/ProfileConfiguration.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.MediaProfiles/PipelineVariable.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.MediaProfiles/Profile.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.ServiceStack/ServiceManager.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Sources/Tests.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Metadata.MusicBrainz/MusicBrainzQueryJob.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Metadata.MusicBrainz/MusicBrainzQueryJob.cs:using System.Web;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Metadata.LastFM/LastFMQueryJob.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Metadata.LastFM/LastFMQueryJob.cs:using System.Web;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Networking/DotNetNetworking.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Web/BaseHttpServer.cs:using System.Web;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Query/BansheeQuery.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Collection.Indexer/CollectionIndexer.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Collection.Database/Shuffler.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Collection.Database/RandomBy.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Collection.Database/Bookmark.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Collection.Database/DatabaseTrackListModel.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Collection.Database/RandomBySlot.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Equalizer/EqualizerManager.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Metadata/BaseMetadataProvider.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Metadata/SaveTrackMetadataJob.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Database/BansheeDbConnection.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Database/SortKeyUpdater.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Metrics/BansheeMetrics.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Metadata.Rhapsody/RhapsodyQueryJob.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.ThickClient/Banshee.Gui/SourceActions.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.ThickClient/Banshee.Addins.Gui/AddinView.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.ThickClient/Banshee.ContextPane/ContextPane.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.ThickClient/Banshee.Collection.Gui/TrackListView.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.ThickClient/Banshee.Collection.Gui/XmlColumnController.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.ThickClient/Banshee.Collection.Gui/ColumnCellCreativeCommons.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.ThickClient/Banshee.Sources.Gui/SourceView.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.ThickClient/Banshee.Sources.Gui/SourceSwitcherEntry.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Core/Banshee.IO/Provider.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Core/Banshee.IO/Tests.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Core/Banshee.Configuration/XmlConfigurationClient.cs:using System.Timers;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Core/Banshee.Configuration/XmlConfigurationClient.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Core/Banshee.Configuration/XmlConfigurationClient.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Core/Banshee.Base/ProductInformation.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Core/Banshee.Base/Localization.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Core/Banshee.Core/Banshee.Base/Localization.cs:using System.Xml.XPath;
./banshee/src/Backends/Banshee.GStreamerSharp/Banshee.GStreamerSharp/PlayerEngine.cs:using System.Linq;
/banshee/src/Backends/Banshee.Gio/Banshee.IO.Gio/Directory.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Backends/Banshee.Gio/Banshee.IO.Gio/Tests.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Backends/Banshee.Gio/Banshee.Hardware.Gio/BlockDevice.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Backends/Banshee.Gio/Banshee.Hardware.Gio/Device.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Backends/Banshee.Gio/Banshee.Hardware.Gio/DeviceMediaCapabilities.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Backends/Banshee.Gio/Banshee.Hardware.Gio/LowLevel/Manager.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Backends/Banshee.Gio/Banshee.Hardware.Gio/LowLevel/RawDevice.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Libraries/MusicBrainz/MusicBrainz/Disc.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/MusicBrainz/MusicBrainz/MusicBrainzItem.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/MusicBrainz/MusicBrainz/MusicBrainzEntity.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/MusicBrainz/MusicBrainz/Artist.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/MusicBrainz/MusicBrainz/Event.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/MusicBrainz/MusicBrainz/MusicBrainzObject.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/MusicBrainz/MusicBrainz/Release.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/MusicBrainz/MusicBrainz/Track.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/MusicBrainz/MusicBrainz/Label.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Migo/Migo.Net/AsyncWebClient.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Migo/Migo.Net/TransferStatusManager.cs:using System.Timers;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Migo/Migo.Net/EventArgs/DownloadProgressChangedEventArgs.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Migo/Migo.Net/EventArgs/DownloadDataCompletedEventArgs.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Migo/Migo.Net/EventArgs/DownloadStringCompletedEventArgs.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Migo/Migo.DownloadCore/DownloadManager.cs:using System.Web;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Migo/Migo.DownloadCore/DownloadManager.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Migo/Migo.DownloadCore/HttpFileDownloadGroup.cs:using System.Timers;  // migrate to System.Threading.Timer
./banshee/src/Libraries/Migo/Migo.DownloadCore/HttpFileDownloadGroup.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Migo/Migo.DownloadCore/HttpFileDownloadTask.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Migo/Migo.DownloadCore/DownloadGroupStatusManager.cs:using System.Timers;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Migo/Migo.Syndication/FeedUpdateTask.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Migo/Migo.Syndication/Tests/XmlTests.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Migo/Migo.Syndication/RssParser.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Migo/Migo.Syndication/OpmlParser.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Migo/Migo.TaskCore/GroupProgressManager.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Migo/Migo.TaskCore/TaskGroup.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Migo/Migo.TaskCore/EventArgs/TaskCompletedEventArgs.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Migo/Migo.TaskCore/Task.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Mono.Media/Media.Playlists.Xspf/Tests/XspfTests.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Mono.Media/Media.Playlists.Xspf/Tests/XspfTests.cs:using System.Xml.Schema;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Mono.Media/Media.Playlists.Xspf/XmlUtil.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Mono.Media/Media.Playlists.Xspf/XspfBaseObject.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Mono.Media/Media.Playlists.Xspf/Track.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Mono.Media/Media.Playlists.Xspf/Playlist.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Lastfm/Lastfm.Data/DataEntryCollection.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Lastfm/Lastfm.Data/DataCore.cs:using System.Web;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Lastfm/Lastfm.Data/DataCore.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Lastfm/Lastfm.Data/LastfmData.cs:using System.Web;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Lastfm/Lastfm.Data/LastfmData.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Lastfm/Lastfm.Data/DataEntry.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Lastfm/Lastfm/LastfmRequest.cs:using System.Web;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Lastfm/Lastfm/RadioConnection.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Lastfm/Lastfm/RadioConnection.cs:using System.Web;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Lastfm/Lastfm/AudioscrobblerConnection.cs:using System.Timers;
./banshee/src/Libraries/Lastfm/Lastfm/AudioscrobblerConnection.cs:using System.Web;
./banshee/build/AddinXmlStringExtractor.cs:using System.Xml.XPath;
./banshee/build/DllMapVerifier.cs:using System.Xml;
./banshee/tests/Analyzer/Analyzer.cs:using System.Linq;
./banshee/tests/Analyzer/Analyzer.cs:using System.Xml.Linq;
./banshee/extras/metrics/Metric.cs:using System.Linq;

Banshee: 165 references.

Banshee has a little bonus, by the way:

[jason@apollo ~]$ find . -name '*.cs'|xargs egrep -i "using microsoft."
./banshee-git/banshee/src/Libraries/MusicBrainz/MusicBrainz/DiscWin32NT.cs:using Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles;

Tomboy

[jason@apollo tomboy-git]$ find . -name '*.cs'|xargs egrep -i "using system.codedom|using system.componentmodel|using sytem.configuration|using system.data|using system.deployment|using system.directoryservices|using system.drawing|using system.enterpriseservices|using system.linq|using system.management|using system.media|using system.messaging|using system.resources|using system.serviceprocess|using system.timers|using system.transactions|using system.web|using system.windows.forms|using system.xml"
./tomboy/Tomboy/XmlPreferencesClient.cs:using System.Xml;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Note.cs:using System.Xml;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Tomboy.cs:using System.Xml;
./tomboy/Tomboy/ManagedWinapi.EventDispatchingNativeWindow.cs:using System.Windows.Forms;
./tomboy/Tomboy/NoteTag.cs:using System.Xml;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Addins/Sketching/Stroke.cs:using System.Xml;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Addins/Sketching/Paper.cs:using System.Xml;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Addins/Sketching/Handwriting.cs:using System.Xml;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Addins/StickyNoteImport/StickyNoteImportNoteAddin.cs:using System.Xml;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Addins/ExportToHtml/ExportToHtmlNoteAddin.cs:using System.Xml;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Addins/ExportToHtml/ExportToHtmlNoteAddin.cs:using System.Xml.XPath;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Addins/ExportToHtml/ExportToHtmlNoteAddin.cs:using System.Xml.Xsl;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Addins/WebSyncService/MonoHttp/HttpListenerException.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Addins/WebSyncService/Api/OAuth.cs:using System.Web;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Addins/WebSyncService/Api/AnonymousConnection.cs:using System.Web;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Addins/WebSyncService/WebSyncPreferencesWidget.cs:using System.Web;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Addins/WebSyncService/OAuth/Mono.Rocks/IEnumerable.cs:using System.Linq;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Addins/WebSyncService/OAuth/Base.cs:using System.Linq;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Addins/WebSyncService/OAuth/Base.cs:using System.Web;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Addins/Evolution/EvolutionNoteAddin.cs:using System.Xml;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Addins/Evolution/EvolutionNoteAddin.cs:using System.Web;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Addins/Tasks/TaskArchiver.cs:using System.Xml;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Addins/Bugzilla/BugzillaNoteAddin.cs:using System.Xml;
./tomboy/Tomboy/WindowsKeybinder.cs:using System.Windows.Forms;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Utils.cs:using System.Xml;
./tomboy/Tomboy/NoteBuffer.cs:using System.Xml;
./tomboy/Tomboy/NoteBuffer.cs:using System.Xml.XPath;
./tomboy/Tomboy/NoteBuffer.cs:using System.Xml.Xsl;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Synchronization/TomboySyncClient.cs:using System.Xml;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Synchronization/SyncManager.cs:using System.Xml;
./tomboy/Tomboy/Synchronization/FileSystemSyncServer.cs:using System.Xml;
./tomboy/Tomboy/GnomeApplication.cs:using System.Xml;
./tomboy/Tomboy/System.Web/HttpUtility.cs://using System.Web.Util;
./tomboy/Tomboy/ManagedWinapi.Hotkey.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./tomboy/Tomboy/ManagedWinapi.Hotkey.cs:using System.Windows.Forms;
./tomboy/Tomboy/ActionManager.cs:using System.Xml;

Tomboy: 36 references.

F-Spot

[jason@apollo fspot-git]$ find . -name '*.cs'|xargs egrep -i "using system.codedom|using system.componentmodel|using sytem.configuration|using system.data|using system.deployment|using system.directoryservices|using system.drawing|using system.enterpriseservices|using system.linq|using system.management|using system.media|using system.messaging|using system.resources|using system.serviceprocess|using system.timers|using system.transactions|using system.web|using system.windows.forms|using system.xml"
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/StructBase.cs:      using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/ChildProperty.cs:   using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/PropertyBase.cs:    using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/Signature.cs:       using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/MethodBase.cs:      using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/ClassGen.cs:        using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/CallbackGen.cs:     using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/BoxedGen.cs:        using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/VirtualMethod.cs:   using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/Ctor.cs:    using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/VMSignature.cs:     using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/Property.cs:        using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/GenBase.cs: using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/Parser.cs:  using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/ObjectBase.cs:      using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/GenerationInfo.cs:  using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/Parameters.cs:      using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/InterfaceGen.cs:    using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/Method.cs:  using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/EnumGen.cs: using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/ClassBase.cs:       using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/StructGen.cs:       using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/HandleBase.cs:      using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/OpaqueGen.cs:       using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/StructField.cs:     using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/CodeGenerator.cs:   using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/ObjectGen.cs:       using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/ObjectField.cs:     using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/FieldBase.cs:       using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/ReturnValue.cs:     using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/unique-sharp/generator/Signal.cs:  using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/dpap-sharp/lib/ContentFetcher.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/lib/dpap-sharp/lib/Server.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/lib/dpap-sharp/lib/Client.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/StructBase.cs: using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/ChildProperty.cs:      using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/PropertyBase.cs:       using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/Signature.cs:  using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/MethodBase.cs: using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/ClassGen.cs:   using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/CallbackGen.cs:        using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/BoxedGen.cs:   using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/VirtualMethod.cs:      using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/Ctor.cs:       using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/VMSignature.cs:        using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/Property.cs:   using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/GenBase.cs:    using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/Parser.cs:     using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/ObjectBase.cs: using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/GenerationInfo.cs:     using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/Parameters.cs: using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/InterfaceGen.cs:       using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/Method.cs:     using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/EnumGen.cs:    using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/ClassBase.cs:  using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/StructGen.cs:  using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/HandleBase.cs: using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/OpaqueGen.cs:  using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/StructField.cs:        using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/CodeGenerator.cs:      using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/ObjectGen.cs:  using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/ObjectField.cs:        using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/FieldBase.cs:  using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/ReturnValue.cs:        using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/gio-sharp/generator/Signal.cs:     using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/Mono.Google/Mono.Google/MultipartRequest.cs:using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/Mono.Google/Mono.Google/Authentication.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/lib/Mono.Google/Mono.Google.Picasa/XmlUtil.cs:using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/Mono.Google/Mono.Google.Picasa/PicasaAlbum.cs:using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/Mono.Google/Mono.Google.Picasa/PicasaWeb.cs:using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/Mono.Google/Mono.Google.Picasa/PicasaPicture.cs:using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/Mono.Tabblo/Mono.Tabblo/Connection.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/lib/SmugMugNet/SmugMugNet/Album.cs:using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/SmugMugNet/SmugMugNet/SmugMugUploadException.cs:using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/SmugMugNet/SmugMugNet/Category.cs:using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/SmugMugNet/SmugMugNet/Credentials.cs:using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/SmugMugNet/SmugMugNet/SmugMugApi.cs:using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/SmugMugNet/SmugMugNet/SmugMugException.cs:using System.Xml;
./f-spot/lib/SmugMugNet/SmugMugNet/SmugMugProxy.cs:using System.Xml;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Gallery/FSpot.Exporters.Gallery/GalleryAccount.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Gallery/FSpot.Exporters.Gallery/GalleryRemote.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Gallery/FSpot.Exporters.Gallery/FormClient.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Gallery/FSpot.Exporters.Gallery/AccountDialog.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Gallery/FSpot.Exporters.Gallery/GalleryExport.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Gallery/FSpot.Exporters.Gallery/GalleryAddAlbum.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Gallery/FSpot.Exporters.Gallery/GalleryAccountManager.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.SmugMug/FSpot.Exporters.SmugMug/SmugMugAccount.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.SmugMug/FSpot.Exporters.SmugMug/SmugMugAccountManager.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.SmugMug/FSpot.Exporters.SmugMug/SmugMugExport.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.SmugMug/FSpot.Exporters.SmugMug/SmugMugAccountDialog.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.SmugMug/FSpot.Exporters.SmugMug/SmugMugAddAlbum.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/Mono.Facebook/Notification.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/Mono.Facebook/Album.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/Mono.Facebook/SessionWrapper.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/Mono.Facebook/Responses.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/Mono.Facebook/Tag.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/Mono.Facebook/Photo.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/Mono.Facebook/PeopleList.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/Mono.Facebook/Event.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/Mono.Facebook/User.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/Mono.Facebook/Friend.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/Mono.Facebook/Util.cs:using System.Xml;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/Mono.Facebook/Util.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/Mono.Facebook/Group.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/Mono.Facebook/Error.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/Mono.Facebook/FriendInfo.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/Mono.Facebook/Location.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/Mono.Facebook/SessionInfo.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/Mono.Facebook/FacebookSession.cs:using System.Xml;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/Mono.Facebook/FacebookSession.cs:using System.Linq;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/FSpot.Exporters.Facebook/FacebookExport.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.PicasaWeb/FSpot.Exporters.PicasaWeb/GoogleAccountDialog.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.PicasaWeb/FSpot.Exporters.PicasaWeb/GoogleAccountManager.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.PicasaWeb/FSpot.Exporters.PicasaWeb/GoogleAccount.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.PicasaWeb/FSpot.Exporters.PicasaWeb/GoogleAddAlbum.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/src/Extensions/Exporters/FSpot.Exporters.PicasaWeb/FSpot.Exporters.PicasaWeb/PicasaWebExport.cs:using System.Web;
./f-spot/src/Clients/MainApp/FSpot.UI.Dialog/PreferenceDialog.cs:using System.Linq;
./f-spot/src/Clients/MainApp/FSpot.UI.Dialog/SelectionRatioDialog.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./f-spot/src/Clients/MainApp/FSpot.Editors/CropEditor.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./f-spot/src/Clients/MainApp/FSpot/PhotoView.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./f-spot/src/Clients/MainApp/FSpot/App.cs:using System.Linq;
./f-spot/src/Clients/MainApp/FSpot/SelectionDataExtensions.cs:using System.Linq;
./f-spot/src/Clients/MainApp/FSpot/FolderQueryWidget.cs:using System.Linq;
./f-spot/src/Clients/MainApp/FSpot/Photo.cs:using System.Linq;
./f-spot/src/Clients/MainApp/FSpot/MainWindow.cs:using System.Linq;
./f-spot/src/Clients/MainApp/FSpot/UriCollection.cs:using System.Xml;
./f-spot/src/Core/FSpot.Bling/FSpot.Bling/Animation.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./f-spot/src/Core/FSpot.Core/FSpot.Core/FilePhoto.cs:using System.Xml;
./f-spot/src/Core/FSpot.Gui/FSpot.Widgets/SelectionCollection.cs:using System.Linq;
./f-spot/build/AddinXmlStringExtractor.cs:using System.Xml.XPath;
./f-spot/build/DllMapVerifier.cs:using System.Xml;

F-Spot: 131 references.

Do

[jason@apollo do-bzr]$ find . -name '*.cs'|xargs egrep -i "using system.codedom|using system.componentmodel|using sytem.configuration|using system.data|using system.deployment|using system.directoryservices|using system.drawing|using system.enterpriseservices|using system.linq|using system.management|using system.media|using system.messaging|using system.resources|using system.serviceprocess|using system.timers|using system.transactions|using system.web|using system.windows.forms|using system.xml"
./do/Do.Platform.Linux/src/Do.Universe/GNOMESpecialLocationsItemSource.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Platform.Linux/src/Do.Universe/CategoryItem.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Platform.Linux/src/Do.Universe/ApplicationItemSource.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Platform.Linux/src/Do.Universe/GNOMEBookmarkItem.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Platform.Linux/src/Do.Universe/GNOMETrashItem.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Platform.Linux/src/Do.Universe/ApplicationItem.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Platform.Linux/src/Do.Platform/Do.Platform.Linux/KeyBindingService.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Platform.Linux/src/Do.Platform/Do.Platform.Linux/GnomeKeyringSecurePreferencesService.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./do/Do.Platform.Linux/src/Do.Platform/Do.Platform.Linux/EnvironmentService.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Platform.Linux/src/Do.Platform/Do.Platform.Linux/UniverseFactoryService.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Universe/src/Do.Universe/ItemSource.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Universe/src/Do.Universe/Element.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Universe/src/Do.Universe/Do.Universe.Safe/SafeItemSource.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Universe/src/Do.Universe/Do.Universe.Safe/SafeAct.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Universe/src/Do.Universe/ProxyItem.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Universe/src/Do.Universe/Act.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Interface.Linux.AnimationBase/src/Do.Interface/Do.Interface.AnimationBase/BezelGlassResults.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Interface.Linux.AnimationBase/src/Do.Interface/Do.Interface.AnimationBase/AnimationBaseConfigurationWidget.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Interface.Linux.AnimationBase/src/Do.Interface/Do.Interface.AnimationBase/Bezel.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/Mono.Addins/AddinExtensions.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/PathExtensions.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/Do.Core/SecondSearchController.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/Do.Core/ItemExtensions.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/Do.Core/SimpleSearchController.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/Do.Core/PluginManager.cs:using System.Xml;
./do/Do/src/Do.Core/PluginManager.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/Do.Core/Shortcut.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/Do.Core/Paths.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/Do.Core/UniverseManager.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/Do.Core/Controller.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/Do.Core/FirstSearchController.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/Do.Core/HistogramRelevanceProvider.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/Do.Core/ThirdSearchController.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/Do.Universe/ItemSourceItemSource.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/CorePreferences.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/Do.UI/PluginConfigurationWindow.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/Do.UI/ColorConfigurationWidget.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/Do.UI/KeybindingTreeView.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/Do.UI/PreferencesWindow.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/Do.UI/ManagePluginsPreferencesWidget.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/Do.Platform/PluginManagerService.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do/src/Do.Platform/CoreService.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Platform/src/Do.Universe/Do.Universe.Common/OpenWithAction.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Platform/src/Do.Universe/Do.Universe.Common/CopyToClipboardAction.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Platform/src/Do.Universe/Do.Universe.Common/EmailAction.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Platform/src/Do.Platform/Services.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Platform/src/Do.Platform/IEnvironmentService.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Platform/src/Do.Platform/Do.Platform.Default/KeyBindingService.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Platform/src/Do.Platform/KeyBinding.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Platform/src/Do.Platform/Do.Platform.Common/AbstractKeyBindingService.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Platform/src/Do.Platform/SecurePreferencesWrapper.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./do/Do.Platform/src/Do.Platform/LogBase.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Interface.Linux/src/Do.Interface/Do.Interface.Widgets/ResultsWindow.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Interface.Linux/src/Do.Interface/PixbufSurfaceCache.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Interface.Linux/src/Do.Interface/InterfaceManager.cs:using System.Linq;
./do/Do.Interface.Linux/src/Do.Interface/ClassicInterface/ClassicWindow.cs:using System.Linq;

Do: 56 references.

Gbrainy

[jason@apollo gbrainy-git]$ find . -name '*.cs'|xargs egrep -i "using system.codedom|using system.componentmodel|using sytem.configuration|using system.data|using system.deployment|using system.directoryservices|using system.drawing|using system.enterpriseservices|using system.linq|using system.management|using system.media|using system.messaging|using system.resources|using system.serviceprocess|using system.timers|using system.transactions|using system.web|using system.windows.forms|using system.xml"
./gbrainy/sample_extensions/Memory/MemorySample.cs:using System.Timers;
./gbrainy/src/Clients/WebForms/Default.aspx.cs:using System.Web;
./gbrainy/src/Clients/WebForms/Default.aspx.cs:using System.Web.UI;
./gbrainy/src/Clients/WebForms/WebSession.cs:using System.Web.SessionState;
./gbrainy/src/Clients/WebForms/Status.aspx.cs:using System.Web;
./gbrainy/src/Clients/WebForms/Status.aspx.cs:using System.Web.UI;
./gbrainy/src/Clients/WebForms/Status.aspx.cs:using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
./gbrainy/src/Clients/WebForms/Global.asax.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./gbrainy/src/Clients/WebForms/Global.asax.cs:using System.Web;
./gbrainy/src/Clients/WebForms/Global.asax.cs:using System.Web.SessionState;
./gbrainy/src/Clients/WebForms/MasterPage.master.cs:using System.Web;
./gbrainy/src/Clients/WebForms/MasterPage.master.cs:using System.Web.UI;
./gbrainy/src/Clients/WebForms/MasterPage.master.cs:using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
./gbrainy/src/Clients/WebForms/Finish.aspx.cs:using System.Web;
./gbrainy/src/Clients/WebForms/Finish.aspx.cs:using System.Web.UI;
./gbrainy/src/Clients/WebForms/Game.aspx.cs:using System.Web;
./gbrainy/src/Clients/WebForms/Game.aspx.cs:using System.Web.UI;
./gbrainy/src/Core/Main/Verbal/AnalogiesFactory.cs:using System.Xml;
./gbrainy/src/Core/Main/IDrawRequest.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./gbrainy/src/Core/Main/PlayerHistory.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./gbrainy/src/Core/Main/Game.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./gbrainy/src/Core/Main/Memory.cs:using System.Timers;
./gbrainy/src/Core/Main/GameSessionHistory.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./gbrainy/src/Core/Main/GameSession.cs:using System.Timers;
./gbrainy/src/Core/Main/GameSession.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./gbrainy/src/Core/Main/Xml/GameXmlFactory.cs:using System.Xml;
./gbrainy/src/Core/Main/Preferences.cs:using System.Xml;
./gbrainy/src/Core/Main/Preferences.cs:using System.Xml.Serialization;
./gbrainy/src/Core/Toolkit/Widget.cs:using System.ComponentModel;
./gbrainy/src/Core/Views/CountDownView.cs:using System.Timers;
./gbrainy/src/Core/Views/CountDownView.cs:using System.ComponentModel;

Gbrainy: 31 references.

Summary

UPDATED 2010.12.15 – The struck-through text is the original figure with System.Xml as part of the search. The un-struckthrough text is without.

• Banshee: 165 118 refs (and 1 Microsoft refs for giggles)
• Tomboy: 36 13 refs
• F-Spot: 131 32 refs
• Do: 56 55 refs
• Gbrainy: 31 25 refs

So, that’s the 5 most popular (give-or-take) Mono applications for Linux. Not a single one of which doesn’t have a significant amount of references to non-ECMA namespaces. As the Microsoft Community Promise covering any implementation is limited to the “extent it conforms to one of the Covered Specifications”, we can reject the claim that “All of the pieces of Mono that are used in Linux apps are covered by the MCP.”

I will leave it to bolder souls than I to speculate on whether it is even possible to write a non-trivial Mono program that does not require non-ECMA namespaces and, if so, that limitation is intentional on Microsoft’s part.

UPDATE 2010.12.16 – Miguel de Icaza responds on his blog, with some additional comments from myself there.

Often it’s something I don’t agree with —  which if I then comment about I am taken to task by Ubuntards who regard the slightest deviation from official dogma as unacceptable — but in this case I’d like to point out a couple of bits of recent Ubuntu news that I actually like:

Ubuntu Assurance

Canonical has a Ubuntu Advantage Assurance program that will “take care of intellectual property (IP) infringement legal claims brought against customers in their use of Ubuntu”.

So long as Mark Shuttleworth sticks to his guns and recognizes Microsofts “IP claims” as “racketeering”, this program is a good thing.

It shows that Canonical is willing to put money on the line that Linux users need not worry about Microsoft’s IP FUD, and stands in stark contrast to Microsoft collaborators like Novell who strike secretive deals and then leverage Microsoft FUD against other Linux distributions.

There is a dangerous side here, because this program is only good so long as it operates without any sort of agreement with Microsoft. I expect we will see Microsoft come after this program from a couple of different angles as Canonical increases its corporate presence.

Out, damn’d F-Spot! Out, I say!

Word on the street is F-Spot is out and Shotwell is in for the next release of Ubuntu.

It’s always been obvious to me that the so-called “best-of-breed” Mono apps were anything but, and it’s nice to see that Team Apologista spin isn’t getting the job done any longer.

It’s always struck me as seventeen kinds of absurd that a simple note-taking application can justify bringing in a huge run-time framework – and the after-the-fact rationaliztion of adding more Mono apps “since we’ve already paid the price” was a PR dance worthy of Team Apologista’s Redmond Puppet Masters.

Of course, Mono infestation is not purely an Ubuntu problem – GNOME has deep shame staining its hands in this matter as well – but because Team Apologista has targeted Ubuntu so hard, it’s significant -and encouraging – to see their efforts fail.

I first caught wind of this from I’Been to Ubuntu:

F-Spot has been voted off the island by developers at UDS this week. The Mono application will be replaced by Shotwell, written in Vala. Since the only other Mono application I see in the default install is Tomboy, would it make sense to conspire to kick Tomboy Notes off the show next week and Mono off the CD the following episode?

I’d like to find the discussion and “official” documentation behind this.

I think there’s that new brain game, gbrainy,  in by default as well?

I’m not as optimistic that if Tomboy were the only app it would lead to Mono removal – after all, Team Apologista used Tomboy as sole justification for Mono inclusion for a long time. 

Furthermore, when you consider the personal vilification of GNote’s originial developer by many of the same people, I think it is quite clear that a certain segment (the majority?) of Mono supporters are not arguing from a rational position.

Instead, I predict they will both resist replacing Tomboy with GNote, as well as continue to attempt to replace existing FLOSS offerings with Mono-encumbered “alternatives” (a la replacing Rhythmbox with Banshee). I also expect the most trivial programs to slide in (like gbrainy) , so Team Apologista can pretend like Mono is a valuable framework.

People see that including an entire framework for the sole purpose of supporting one trivial application (like sticky notes) is ludicrous on its face, so don’t expect Team Apologista to let things get back to that state without a fight.

This is just something I think is funny.

"Best of Breed"?