The thing about Xamarin is there's never been anything in the market that compares to it at all. If you had to build a native looking feeling app that was fast and not the junk that comes from html, there's only the option of pure native or Xamarin. So basically you had the choice of c# or Java+objective-c, even with just that alone it's a cheap buy at even current pricing. The only thing that has potential now is react native but that 4 years behind Xamarin and not sure it'll ever catch up.
So Microsoft buying Xamarin and it possibly becoming cheaper is double win, developers are very lucky. Here's some comment on Xamarin a made a year ago all true. http://www.michaelridland.com/mobile/should-i-use-xamarin-for-mobile-development-yes-yes-yes/ On Thursday, 25 February 2016, Ian Thomas <il.tho...@outlook.com> wrote: > Everyone will know this in 2 days of course, but Microsoft has finally > bought Xamarin > <https://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/welcoming-the-xamarin-team-to-microsoft>. > > Just who (employees, developers) from the company will transition across > to MS is not clear. > > There are some interesting comments to this post; not unexpectedly, > reflecting (for one example) Greg Keogh’s reticence in adopting it at its > cost for effective development by in dependent developers. And its > efficacy. > > It’s not clear how it will be made available to the levels of Visual > Studio licensing (cost), but it seems more than sensible to me to make it > available at a modest subscription cost – perhaps not with Community > Edition. > > > > Ian Thomas > > Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia > > > -- *Michael Ridland | Technical Director | Xamarin MVP* XAM Consulting - Mobile Technology Specialists www.xam-consulting.com Blog: www.michaelridland.com
