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Do you have any sources to add to this, I've just started learning ASP.net and C# and would be interested to read what this refers to.

He's likely referring to this:

.Net was recently open sourced, along with the compilers. MS also has put real effort into making it cross platfrom with great results.

As a C# & JavaScript developer, I'm floored with this. It's such a huge shift from the past. Yes, it's wonderful.

They released Community Edition of Visual Studio (great improvement over Express) and are going more open source with .Net. http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/free-developer-of...