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This doesn't seem like a mobile play at all, honestly. They're opening the core, and large portions of the web server stack. This points to it being a play for
by potatolicious 12y ago
This doesn't seem like a mobile play at all, honestly.
They're opening the core, and large portions of the web server stack. This points to it being a play for web development, not native mobile.
There are some additional integrations with Xamarin - but Xamarin isn't owned by MS nor is it the key highlight of today's announcements.
- codeshaman 12y agoI should have read TFA before commenting :) But that is even more puzzling. The backend space is so crowded with native, scripting and exotic languages, that I really don't see how they can attract hardcore c/c++/go/node.js/python/ruby/perl/php/erlang/haskell/lisp or Java crowds to .NET. Maybe it's exciting for existing .net developers to be able to deploy their backend apps on linux servers.
- aggronn 12y agoYou could have said the same thing about several of the languages you listed, even within the last 5 years. The difference here is that C# already has a massive userbase.
- amalag 12y agoI am curious how .NET MVC will progress now. It was considered to be a decent offering. It is of course lacking the ecosystem.