Mono are harvesting classes left right and center from MSFT source: https://trello.com/b/vRPTMfdz/net-framework-integration-into... :-)

Check out each card for hints as to what is yet to come: "The Mono Core Runtime basically will implement the same interface that the .NET Core runtime will. Allowing Mono to be deployed alongside the application and shipping only with a very limited set of assemblies that integrate the VM with the operating system."

There's a good few lines about that here

http://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/releases/4.0.0/#...

of note (to me) is the replacement of significant mono modules with the MS equivalents; Decimal, LINQ, Threading.Tasks, and on - a list that looks like what some people might call the 'tricky bits' ...

Compiling and running ASP.NET vNext requires Mono 4. The mono project will most likely leverage a lot from Roslyn and vise-verse.

I'm still wondering whether MS will encroach on Xamarin territory, especially if it's free.

Everyone here seems to be flagging this to hell now, so I'm guessing not very well.

How can you tell?