.NET Framework未来版本将支持Mac

Paul Wilson，也就是.NET平台著名ORM解决方案WilsonORMapper的开发者，近日有发表一篇blog：Breaking News: Future Version of .NET Framework to Run on the Mac，透露说，.NET Framework未来版本将可在Mac系统上运行。

实际上这个消息，本来是来自Rory对Scott Guthrie的一次访谈，是从对WPF/E的讨论延伸开的。在访谈第九分钟：

Scott: And overtime we'll also support a managed programming language, uh framework, against WPF/E as well.  So in addition to using JavaScript, you'll be able to use C#, uh
Rory: You mean, even for the other?
Scott: Yeah even for the Safari and Mac（！！！）.

在访谈第23分45秒：

Rory: Is there any possibility of eventually having a framework that runs outside the browser?
Scott: Yea, yea, that's definitely something we're looking at is, uh, kind of what we call the in-browser experience and kind of the out-of-browser experience.  And so that's something we'll talk more about at mix, uh
Rory: And that stuff's secret now? Cause I don't mean to bring up something that's secret.
Scott: No, no, well that's something, uh, that we haven't talked about publicly yet. But that's certainly a scenario we're thinking about.
Rory: Do I have to get that out of the video?
Scott: No, you can keep that.
Rory: I can keep that? Is this like the first time anyone's heard it?
Scott: Probably, yeah.

这消息似乎本该是Scott要在本届Mix07大会上宣布的，Scott在此次访谈中无意透露，以致于Rory疑惑是否会泄密而应将相关对话从Video中剪辑掉，但Scott示意此次公开无妨。

Apple的Mac操作系统OS X本是自Unix发展而来，若.NET Framework未来版本能支持Mac，则意味着Unix系列包括Linux届时都可承载.NET Framework平台。

.NET Framework已然是跨语言，而跨平台又指日可待，回顾之前与Novell的Linux版本合作等动作，Microsoft在倾听对岸社区的声音并积极融合的步伐在不断加快。