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Re:Xamarin now free in Visual Studio, and Xamarin SDK being ... by staticelf on Friday April 01, 2016 @09:19AM (#11404532)
The issue with that is people will leave for alternatives. It will also probably be more quick than before and then they would for sure never win the users back.

I think alternative 2 is a really bad business decision nowadays and thus will never happen. The difference from the past and today is that they really have open sources a lot. They actually proves their agenda with code and support like never before.

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Re:Xamarin now free in Visual Studio, and Xamarin SDK being ... by khattam on Saturday April 02, 2016 @11:40PM (#11414821)
>The issue with that is people will leave for alternatives.

You seem to think most Microsoft users choose their operating systems. They don't. Most of them don't know any better or even if they do, they keep on using the operating system that came with the computer. Also, they have to use software that only runs on Windows.

> they would for sure never win the users back.

People like me who know about this and care never go back. Fortunately for them, most people don't care. Those who choose them do so either because they have software to run on Windows or because of their excellent marketing in the corporate market.

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