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They've chosen instead to partner with Xamarin, and therefore allow them to continue to exist. Compared to the bad old days of embrace-extend-extinguish, that
by bunderbunder 12y ago
They've chosen instead to partner with Xamarin, and therefore allow them to continue to exist. Compared to the bad old days of embrace-extend-extinguish, that seems like a huge improvement to me.
Maybe it would be even better if they were to open source just the .NET runtime and core libraries in order to cut down on the workload that both companies have to put into maintaining their own separate versions of the core platform. But there's also something to be said for friendly competition and having two different groups working on their own innovations.
- rbanffy 12y agoThey could just acquire Xamarin.
- bunderbunder 12y agoI hope not. It would be bad for both companies and the platform as well. Microsoft has a proven track record of flat-out failing to execute in the spaces where Xamarin operates.
- HNLogInsSuckAss 12y agoOften times it's the risk of bullshit patent litigation that prevents companies from open-sourcing products. They would like to, but can't risk the endless parade of suits that would begin after trolls scoured the source for pretenses to sue on.