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Re:Despite best efforts .NET is still not an open platform by robertlagrant on Thursday June 16, 2022 @04:05AM (#31763583)
> even though I'm sure it made sense at the time

I think it definitely made sense. Xamarin was conceived in a world of many mobile platforms, and so it was the only way to develop cross-platform apps. Now there are basically two, and it's a much closer call.

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Re:Despite best efforts .NET is still not an open platform by trissylegs on Thursday June 16, 2022 @08:40AM (#31765358)
Also stiff competition from React native. A lot more JS Devs around today than c#.
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Re:Despite best efforts .NET is still not an open platform by robertlagrant on Friday June 17, 2022 @08:49AM (#31777319)
Yes true, but not all React ones :) And Unity has helped swell the C# ranks, I hear.
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