Novell, Inc., today announced it has acquired privately held Ximian

Ximian : About Us : Press Center : Press Releases: "PROVO, Utah — Aug. 4, 2003: Novell, Inc., today announced it has acquired privately held Ximian® of Boston, Mass., the leading provider of desktop and server solutions that enable enterprise Linux adoption. This acquisition expands Novell's capacity to provide flexible information solutions to customers worldwide. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. "

I wonder how this will affect the Mono project...or better yet...how do they plan to use it?