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For (2), this is often misunderstood and mistated.

The JVM includes no GUI framework. .NET also includes no GUI framework. .NET happens to have a specific framework for Windows. But just like the JVM, there third-party GUI frameworks such as MAUI, Uno, Avalonia, and others.

So no, there's isn't a "large part" of .NET that isn't cross-platform.

> 3. the level and quality of official tooling provided for Linux and macOS is incomparable to their Windows offerings

What are you referring to here?



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