Microsoft have been purchasing cross platform applications and tools and shutting them down forever.
In general it is what they do.
If they do not do that for Xamarin, it would be a departure.
So, I will wait and see. it does sound hopeful though.
In general it is what they do.
If they do not do that for Xamarin, it would be a departure.
So, I will wait and see. it does sound hopeful though.
I am sorry, but that generalization merits some sources. Can you give me some examples of Microsoft buying a cross platform tool and shutting it down. Mind you I think you are inferring they purchase to eliminate competition. Not a situation where they buy something like Groove, run with it for a bit, see that it is not getting traction and then kill the product.
Lets turn it around though, can you give some examples of Microsoft buying a cross platform tool and continuing to support multiple platforms with it?
I cannot think of any offhand.
I dont think they necessarily purchased it to eliminate the competition exactly, there is likely something about the tech that they really like/want. or maybe it is the people involved.
My wild guess is that they love the ability to target other mobile platforms easily, and will continue to support that. I do predict though that over time they will discontinue/shutdown/slowdown/disable the ability to develop for those multiple mobile platforms on Mac OS X and Linux. ie, that their goal in this case will be to persuade developers that they should be developing for all mobile platforms on Windows, using C#