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Re:Mono's Making Money by tspiteri on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @04:56AM (#3347057)
That's one way to look at it. Another way to look at it is that they are allowing developers to develop for iOS and Android in C#, which may eventually have a good effect on the number of Windows Phone apps developed.
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Re:Mono's Making Money by AndrewDucker on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @05:05AM (#3347079)
Yup, right now being able to move your iOS app easily to WinPhone would be in Microsoft's favour.
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Re:Mono's Making Money by rbanffy on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @08:19AM (#3347371)
OTOH, being able to easily move your WP7 app to Android or iOS is a disaster for MS. The only portability that interests Microsoft is one-way towards their platforms.
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Re:Mono's Making Money by AndrewDucker on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @08:39AM (#3347418)
Well, yes. Once WP7 has a larger market share than Android and iOS they'll want to plug that gap.

That should happen about fifteen minutes after never.

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Re:Mono's Making Money by untog on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @09:47AM (#3347602)
Yes, but MS are behind in the smartphone race and they know it. Right now they'll do anything they can to get more devs on their platform.
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