The reason why F# and other .Net languages are not popular in open source is because they are dominated by being part of the .Net ecosystem, not because of "giv

The reason why F# and other .Net languages are not popular in open source is because they are dominated by being part of the .Net ecosystem, not because of "give me a job" mentality... The Microsoft "tax", in every sense of the word, is anethema to at least grass roots popular expansion into open source, if not to its principles. Successful or well-known .Net programs are invariably closed source (#). In addition, of the large .Net open source projects I have seen, almost all are entirely developer related. (#) One notable exception: Keepass 2.0!