Since the Core era, not all .NET applications are built for Windows either. Cons...

		jsgo on June 1, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft and GitHub have held acquisition talks Since the Core era, not all .NET applications are built for Windows either. Considering you bring up the second part, it makes me wonder if maybe outside of the obvious (owning GitHub), perhaps they're after the extra talent to bolster their SharePoint product.