Considering this, what are the odds of MS ever shipping IE clients for OSX and Linux?
I could see them doing it if it was a gateway to an ecosystem the way Chrome is for Google. For "Linux" i.e. some specific variant that became popular with consumers.
They shipped IE5 for Unix a long while back believe it or not!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_for_UNIX
I actually tripped over a solitary installation of it about 5 years ago as well!
As for IE for Mac - that was around forever ago.
For Android? It's possible. They do sell Android phones.