Re:Microsoft Acquires Xamarin
by fsloth on Thursday February 25, 2016 @04:44AM
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Windows 10 privacy settings and .Net as a viable technology platform from licencing and technology point of view are two different things, though.
"The different Microsoft" aspect comes from open sourcing the key technological components so migration away from Microsoft licenses is at least a legally plausible, and that people can indeed see what goes into the sausage.
From developers point of view this is a huge improvement and makes the .Net a much more appealing proposition.
Is a company evil? Does it make good products? To me, at least, it's not very helpful to mix these two discussions.
"The different Microsoft" aspect comes from open sourcing the key technological components so migration away from Microsoft licenses is at least a legally plausible, and that people can indeed see what goes into the sausage.
From developers point of view this is a huge improvement and makes the .Net a much more appealing proposition.
Is a company evil? Does it make good products? To me, at least, it's not very helpful to mix these two discussions.