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The Dotnet Micro Framework appears to be no longer developed by microsoft, with the official repository being archived [1]. However the Nanoframework[2] fork appears to be alive. Does anyone know which one this project is using? It's unclear from both the OP and the Kickstarter link as well.

[1] https://github.com/NETMF/netmf-interpreter [2] https://nanoframework.net/

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We're running full .NET via Mono. NanoFramework is just a re-write of the .NET MicroFramework. That's basically .NET 1.1 from from almost 20 years ago. No generics or beyond.

Meadow is very different. Full .NET means Generics, LINQ, etc., and all the nugets. :)

I keep hearing from the Dev-Shops, that ".Net Core" will be replacing "Full .Net" w.r.t. long-term support from Microsoft, and that .Net Projects should be checked for availability of a migration path to .Net Core.

Is this a (future) concern for the F7M, and projects running on it?

Since it's IOT, these things can be expected to be found installed for much longer than 5 years, so continuing long-term (security) support seems important.

Mono, with .NET 4.7.2 actually gives you the .NET Standard 2.0 API surface area + other stuff. Eventually, the Mono and Core Runtimes will be merged and we'll switch over to that. It's all clear as mud; but the point is; we'll continue to be up to date.

Is running via Mono available for current Netduino devices? I see a lot of references in the docs to the .NET MicroFramework:

https://developer.wildernesslabs.co/Netduino/Application_Fun...

No, Netduino is .NETMF only.

According to the Kickstarter:

"From the very inception, we had a vision to fix a lot of the issues with hardware, starting by getting Mono (the open-source runtime that powers Xamarin) running on a microcontroller in order to bring a modern runtime to the class of computing that powers real IoT."

Which would seem to indicate it runs Mono.

I asked a similar question a while back on their forums, founder answered here:

https://community.wildernesslabs.co/t/lay-of-the-land/362/2?...

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