title: Understanding the future of the .NET framework
body: <p>I currently use Qt for my desktop app (simple apps) development. The one thing I don’t like about Qt is the fact that I have a feeling that the free license will eventually disappear and I would rather move to a different framework. On the other side I have been hearing about .NET going open source and cross platform.</p>
  
  <p>Can someone clarify what exactly does this means because I have read that only the server side will be open sourced and cross platform but I’m not sure if this will only affect Linux servers. </p>
  
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  <li><p>Does this mean that we will be able to create cross platform application in Visual Studio?</p></li>
  <li><p>Does this means that Visual Studio will run on Linux and Mac?</p></li>
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  <p>Thanks a lot</p>