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-Mono is a software platform designed to allow developers to easily
+foo Mono is a software platform designed to allow developers to easily
 create cross platform applications.  It is an open source
 implementation of Microsoft's .NET Framework based on the ECMA
 standards for C# and the Common Language Runtime.