Just what does .NET bring to the table for Linux and Mac that they’re lacking right now? Frankly, Microsoft’s motives in this should be looked at very closely; they haven’t been remotely trustworthy in their dealings with potential and real competitors.
I suspect Microsoft views the Linux and Mac worlds as potential markets and as potential sources of developers with fresh ideas.
I grew up on Microsoft's Embrace-Extend-Extinguish so I'm a healthy skeptic too. But I'm willing to watch and see what they do with this.
Agreed. I have no need of .net crap. I’m unaware of anything that it brings to the table that any one of several frameworks available for linux already provide quite well. If the bastards at MS want to do something really useful, they’ll open up the protocols for Lync so other clients can easily talk to it.