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While Microsoft has never implemented the full framework on any system except Microsoft Windows, it has engineered the framework to be cross-platform,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Going+Deep/Scott-Guthrie-Silverlight-and-the-Cross-Platform-CLR|title=Scott Guthrie: Silverlight and the Cross-Platform CLR|date=April 30, 2007|publisher=[[Channel 9 (discussion forum)|Channel 9]]|access-date=April 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522144655/http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Going+Deep/Scott-Guthrie-Silverlight-and-the-Cross-Platform-CLR|archive-date=May 22, 2015|url-status=live|df=dmy}}</ref> and implementations are available for other operating systems (see [[Microsoft Silverlight|Silverlight]] and [[#Alternative implementations|§ Alternative implementations]]). Microsoft submitted the specifications for CLI (which includes the Base Class Libraries, CTS, and CIL),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-335.htm|title=ECMA 335 – Standard ECMA-335 Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) 4th edition (June 2006)|date=June 1, 2006|access-date=June 1, 2008|publisher=ECMA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614092650/http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-335.htm|archive-date=June 14, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/c042927_ISO_IEC_23271_2006(E)_Software.zip|title=ISO/IEC 23271:2006|publisher=ISO Standards |date=September 29, 2006|access-date=April 17, 2012|archive-date=July 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701142510/http://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/c042927_ISO_IEC_23271_2006%28E%29_Software.zip|url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/techreports/E-TR-084.htm|title=Technical Report TR/84 Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) – Information Derived from Partition IV XML File|date=June 1, 2006|publisher=ECMA|access-date=April 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307073541/http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/techreports/E-TR-084.htm|archive-date=March 7, 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy}}</ref> [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]],<ref name="Ecma-334"/> and C++/CLI<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-372.htm|title=Standard ECMA-372 C++/CLI Language Specification|date=December 1, 2005|publisher=ECMA|access-date=January 16, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080810165757/http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-372.htm|archive-date=August 10, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> to both [[Ecma International]] (ECMA) and [[International Organization for Standardization]] (ISO), making them available as official standards. This makes it possible for third parties to create compatible implementations of the framework and its languages on other platforms.

Core cross-platform .NET (formerly .NET Core) is officially available also for many Linux distributions and MacOSmacOS.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/msdn-magazine/2016/april/net-core-net-goes-cross-platform-with-net-core|title=.NET Goes Cross-Platform with .NET Core|date=January 31, 2019 |access-date=February 19, 2024|archive-date=February 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240219220328/https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/msdn-magazine/2016/april/net-core-net-goes-cross-platform-with-net-core|url-status=live}}</ref>

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