Current Status and Roadmap
Mono's current version is 2.10.8 (as of March 2012). This version provides the core API of the .NET Framework and support for Visual Basic.NET and C# versions 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0. LINQ to Objects, XML, and SQL are part of the distribution. C# 4.0 is now the default mode of operation for the C# compiler. Windows Forms 2.0 is also supported, but not actively developed, and as such its support on Mono is incomplete.
Mono's aim is to achieve full support for the features in .NET 4.0 except Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) (which the Mono team do not plan to support due to the amount of work it would need), Entity Framework and Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), limited Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). Some missing parts of the .NET Framework are under development in an experimental Mono subproject called Olive.
The Mono project has also created a Visual Basic .NET compiler and a runtime designed for running VB.NET applications. It is currently being developed by Rolf Bjarne Kvinge.
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