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Re:Microsoft Acquires Xamarin by RandomBK on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @02:44PM (#11169618)
Embrace a new technology

Extend with proprietary functionality

Extinguish the competition

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Re:Microsoft Acquires Xamarin by BinaryIdiot on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @02:58PM (#11169715)
Even though it's based on Microsoft's existing technology? That saying just doesn't make sense here...
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Re:Microsoft Acquires Xamarin by threeseed on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @03:35PM (#11170029)
You make absolutely no sense.

The competition for .Net isn't Xamarin. It's the Java platform.

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Re:Microsoft Acquires Xamarin by craigvn on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @04:51PM (#11170525)
Maybe their strategy is to bundle the Bing toolbar with the Xamarin installer.
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