Being a newbie to dotnet, can anyone tell me if the current version
applications/executables are portable across to other OS' like from MS to
Unix

In order for a .NET application to work the operating system must be have a
CLR ( Common Language Runtime ), if these are available on a particular
platform then it could work. AFAIK, the windows platform is the only one but
I might be wrong.


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The CLR/CLI is one thing. The Framework is something totally separate.
Microsoft has submitted the CLR/CLI (along with C#) for standards approval.
And I think the Mono project has a great working implementation of the CLR.

However, all that pretty much means is you can write an app that computes
2+2 and have it be cross platform. The Framework on the other hand is a
bunch of classes...  most of them simply wrappers around the Win32 API.
Porting them will prove to be difficult I suspect. Though I hear the Mono
guys are making great progress. But, without Microsoft lending their full
weight behind it, I doubt it will ever happen.

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..NET apps require the .NET Framework. There is a project that will interest
you. Check here:

http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page

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<URL:http://www.mono-project.com/>

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