I guess gp should have said "I really wish Microsoft, will some day push Mojang to rewrite Minecraft in a different language while keeping it portable." From

I guess gp should have said "I really wish Microsoft, will some day push Mojang to rewrite Minecraft in a different language while keeping it portable." From the article, it looks like the rewrite would not affect linux/*nix users. If I get paranoid, I'd say they might even drop the "old" client at some point.