.Net and C# coming to the Mac?!?

Wow, this could be huge ... if it stays on track, of course.  This actually hits pretty close to home.  When we were looking at the next version of Qumana we knew we needed a PC and Mac version.  Then, the only viable option was something based on Mozilla (sounds great, lousy documentation) or Java (well supported, but rather sluggish).  Rumours and whispers of something like this were tempting but far too vaporware to base a real development plan on.

The big question is, will this matter?  Will a lot more apps be written so that Macs can use them?  That's tough.  As much as this is touted as a "cross-platform solution" I know from the Java experience, you will have to tweak for Mac and PC.  It will come down to ... is there a large enough user base to warrant the additional development?

I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Oh, the image above?  That's a test widget in this new programming tool ... in Firefox ... (credit to Adam Kinney)

Discussion: Wired, MSDN

Tags: .Net, C#, Mac development, Microsoft