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This looks amazing. Especially Xamarin forms. Surely Microsoft will acquire them soon? They'd be totally nuts not to.

• tonyedgecombe 12y ago
  What benefit would Microsoft get by buying them?
  • runjake 12y ago
    Ownership of a high-quality, viable, cross-platform mobile environment with its own UI frameworks. They could essentially stage a development platform coup on the leading mobile platforms.
    • mariusmg 12y ago
      Yes, because that's exactly what MS wants now. Another UI framework to support.......
      • runjake 12y ago
        Did you not pay attention to Microsoft's BUILD (Microsoft's version of WWDC) conference this year, where they gave Xamarin the limelight and official blessings?
  • untog 12y ago
    A key position in iOS development. They could further the cause of C#-based apps significantly - and while it might look initially like they wouldn't want to encourage iOS development that moment has already passed. If they managed to make it much easier to develop for iOS and Windows simultaneously it could be a big win.
  • sergiotapia 12y ago
    It would go a long way towards providing potential users of Xamarin's long-term existence.