> Since this was an accidental post (now removed) in advance of the actual announcement and release, we've buried this story.

That would explain why this is the first time I hear about it :)

Except it was announced 2 days later: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12967847

It's not really a port though, just another piece of software labelled "Visual Studio something-or-other".

Visual Studio Code isn't exactly a port either -- it is kind of interesting that Microsoft now has three entirely separate projects out there with the 'Visual Studio' branding.