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+DotNetMQ: A Complete Message Queue System for .NET
+========
+
+DotNetMQ is an open source Message Broker that has several features:
+
+Persistent or non-persistent messaging.
+Guaranteed delivery of persistent messages even in a system crash.
+Automatic and manual routing of messages in a custom machine graph.
+Supports multiple databases (MS SQL Server, MySQL, SQLite, and memory-based storage for now).
+Supports don't store, direct send style messaging.
+Supports Request/Reply style messaging.
+Easy to use client library to communicate with the DotNetMQ Message Broker.
+Built-in framework to easily construct RMI services upon message queues.
+Supports delivering messages to ASP.NET Web Services.
+GUI-based management and monitoring tool.
+Easy to install, manage, and use.
+Written entirely in C#.
+
+See detailed documentation:
+http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/193611/DotNetMQ-A-Complete-Message-Queue-System-for-NET