When it comes to .NET they've done a really outstanding job.
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In the GNOME project we tried to keep the platform language independent.
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So if we're going to build new applications that require a large time investment, like say movie editing - today that doesn't matter for the enterprise desktop, but eventually it will when we get closer to consumers - you really need to have a cross-platform story.
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