Hi,

Since i'm developing for the .NET platform, i keep asking myself a question
for which i've not been able to find any good answer so far.

Microsoft had with .NET the potential of having a good competitor and
alternative to Java. I'm aware of the various open source projects aimed at
porting .NET under alternative OS. Butg given its virtually unlimited
ressources (at least in terms of money), why didn't Microsoft developed
versions of the .NET Framework runtime for Linus, Mac OS, Unix and other OS?
This would have turned a good thing into an incredible f**** great stuff...