It's happening. Studio Pro for free ;) http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2014/11/12/visual-studio-2015-preview-visual-studio-community-2013-visual-studio-2013-update-4-and-more.aspx
.NET Open Source http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2014/11/12/net-core-is-open-source.aspx.NET have a good and open sourced GC, so maybe it's possible to get something useful from it?
