The many faces of .Net framework

I made a very long post this afternoon and just when I submitted it, the darned line dropped, and even if I hit the back button, I didnt get the post back. I'd actually spent a long time on that post.
Anyway, I've been trying out SSCLI Rotor (http://msdn.microsoft.com/net/sscli/), mono (www.go-mono.com), and Dotgnu (http://www.dotgnu.org). I spent today and yesterday on it. SSCLI compiled easily, but the other two gave a lot of problems. I got dotgnu done and tested out some stuff. I have got mono to compile but the make install stage is stuck at a certain point. I'll try to figure it out like I figured out the rest of it hopefully. I'll post more on my experiences with these three tomorrow or some other time later. I wouldnt make another long post.