The following link is a news release about Mono Tools, a Novell product which enables development of Microsoft .Net applications for Linux, Unix, and Mac OS X from within Microsoft's Visual Studio IDE.
http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/355286/novell_upgrades_mono_tools_visual_studio/
Might be a way to expand the distribution of Elemental to other OS's, though I know the learning curve and opportunity cost of the effort to try it might be expensive...
Just a thought.
