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Re:Ubuntu on Windows by pron on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @05:01PM (#11392967)
Is that a big market segment, or do they hope that developers who work on Windows would be more likely to write Windows apps?
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Re:Ubuntu on Windows by crudbug on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @05:19PM (#11393100)
You are right, the Xamarin acquisition was for this very reason. If you are building iOS & Android, why not Windows App with the same code.
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Re:Ubuntu on Windows by wesleyy on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @05:20PM (#11393107)
Most likely the latter
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