>at some point may provide a commercial version of .NET that runs under >Linux, Unix, or Mac. It would be best if Microsoft ported .NET to other >platforms to provide the greatest degree of compatibility.

you can compile some (MS says core) of .NET libraries on FreeBSD (this is still in Beta)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?URL=/downloads/sample.asp?url=/msdn-files/027/001/901/msdncompositedoc.xml

including,btw, a C# compiler.

Arnon