Using the CLI on Non-Windows Platforms
Of course, your CLI-based applications may not necessarily be targeted at computers running the Windows operating system; you may want to deploy them on non-Windows operating systems, too. Nothing in the design of the CLI ties it exclusively to either the Windows operating system or Intel processors. This section highlights this platform portability; specifically, it considers the Compact Framework, a version of the CLI for handheld devices such as Pocket PCs that use a variety of processors, and the Shared Source version of the CLI (SSCLI), which runs on operating systems such as Windows XP and BSD UNIX.
In general, this book has discussed the CLR, CLI, and.NET Framework as though only one implementation ...
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