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Microsoft Common Language Runtime To Be Cross-Platform

Posted by kdawson on from the .net-going-wide dept.

axlrosen alerts us to a Microsoft sleeper announcement from Mix07: a version of its Common Language Runtime will be available cross-platform. The Core CLR shows up as part of the Silverlight SDK that Redmond is open sourcing. From the blog posting: "The biggest Mix '07 announcement made on opening day of this week's show was one that Microsoft didn't call out in any of its own press releases: Microsoft is making a version of its Common Language Runtime available cross-platform. The CLR is the heart of Microsoft's .Net Framework programming model. So, by association, the .Net Framework isn't just for Windows any more."

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  1. "Cross platform" by brennanw · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now supporting XP and Vista!

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  2. Famous Blues Brothers quote by flyingfsck · · Score: 4, Funny

    "We have both kinds of music here: Country *and* Western."

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  3. Re:Cross-platform but x86 only by kpdvx · · Score: 4, Funny

    Silverlight 1.1 runs on Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles? Well, that is certainly worrisome.

  4. Sadness. by oGMo · · Score: 4, Funny

    You say this sarcastically, but this is what Microsoft really means when they say "cross-platform": it runs on all Windows platforms. (Vista, XP, Mobile, XBOX, etc.) I'm not joking. There should be (+1, Sad, Sad World) moderation.

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