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Re:Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler by Varcht on Thursday April 03, 2014 @04:44PM (#7526465)
Put together with this "Parsing Microsoft’s Decision to Cut Windows Fees"[1] It may well be that MS is feeling enough pressure from Android and to a lesser extent linux to give it a go.

1. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/02/parsing-microsofts-...

Re:Microsoft Open Sources C# Compiler by tmzt on Thursday April 03, 2014 @06:18PM (#7527375)
Or profiting enough from Android and ChromeOS royalties to see it's a profitable model.