Re:Microsoft Acquires Xamarin
by alkonaut on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @05:06PM
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They want devs to write for Linux because they are a services company who make money from Azure VMs including those that run Linux.
They don't want end users to run Linux desktop.
So devtools/languages/cloud divisions inside Microsoft like Linux.
Those in ms who deal with end user applications (home users in this case, as ms push Lync to business) probably see little point in investing in development in Skype for Linux.
Re:Microsoft Acquires Xamarin
by junto on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @06:06PM
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This. MS want .Net to run on all platforms. Give developers awesome tooling for free. Let them build. When they deploy, pay for Azure. It has an ongoing usage cost. Xamarin is just part of their tooling.
They don't want end users to run Linux desktop.
So devtools/languages/cloud divisions inside Microsoft like Linux.
Those in ms who deal with end user applications (home users in this case, as ms push Lync to business) probably see little point in investing in development in Skype for Linux.