It’s those “more considered” comments to Guthrie’s blog that I think are worth looking at. I’m not sure if comments determine any actions, though. It’s probably direct contact with Microsoft people to discuss the short-comings and the wish-list that would be more productive – but as I wrote, I found some of the comments interesting. Not just the fact that MS had acquired Xamarin.
Ian Thomas Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Friday, 26 February 2016 8:49 AM To: ozDotNet <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Microsoft acquires Xamarin Oh yes, and if you read here: https://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/welcoming-the-xamarin-team-to-microsoft As they suggest, fix the pricing and fix the bugs - GK On 25 February 2016 at 22:48, Ian Thomas <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > 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
