[DownGoat]

I think he means the newer versions of the stack, from the release of .NET Core 1 in 2016 and onward.

[jsiepkes]

Ok, but even if it's about .NET Core; As far as I can tell the creation of .NET Core was a business decision and not because MS suddenly wanted to create a better product.

More then 50% of the VM's in Azure run Linux and not Windows. On AWS and GCP the percentage VM's running non-Windows OS'es is probably even higher. That's a realistic threat to the continued existence of .NET if .NET only runs on Windows.

[sn_master]

Aside from the cost of licensing Windows which makes small-sized non-Windows VMs cheaper, there's been a strong pro-Linux bias in academia for a long time that nobody likes to talk about.

[madeofpalk]

Isn't wanting to make a better product a business decision?

[jackmott42]

Everything every public company does is a business decision