Why Microsoft's Xamarin purchase is a blunder | Linux Today

Why Microsoft’s Xamarin purchase is a blunder

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Feb 29, 2016

Being able to run C# programs on on Android and iOS sounds good, but Xamarin was never able to make a go of it. So, why should things change now?

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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