My money is on Microsoft jumping all over this with a big embrace that "cannot be refused". And after the embrace will come a slow and painful death.

As Microsoft's strategy of using patents against competition gains momentum, with attacks such as this against TiVo, it yet again highlights that Mono is a ticking time bomb that should be avoided.

Absolutely. If the London Olympics body was serious about saving money they would demand that all PC and server software runs on Linux, that would save them bucket loads of money on Microsoft software and license costs.