If true, Microsoft has truly become an entity I don't understand. What's the upside in such an arrangement for them? At one stroke, they'd substantially increa

If true, Microsoft has truly become an entity I don't understand. What's the upside in such an arrangement for them? At one stroke, they'd substantially increasing the reach and strength of a rival platform at a time they're struggling to maintain relevance. Because of section 3.3.1, the language would have to be C or C++, I don't think Microsoft would be shipping an Objective-C compiler. This doesn't fit with Microsoft's strategy of moving as much as possible to managed code. Unless...Is it even possible that Apple and Microsoft co-operated or will co-operate to make Objective-C a managed language due to Microsoft's experience with the CLR? Seems far fetched, but then, so was Apple switching to x86 the first time the rumours did the rounds. A lot of ifs and speculation. I'll believe it when Ballmer walks onto the WWDC stage.