Build 2016: Weeks after purchasing Xamarin, Microsoft makes it free for everyone - and open source, too

Charlee Gothard
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Scott Guthrie explains Microsoft's strategy for Xamarin

Microsoft this week threw in a big surprise at its Build 2016 developer conference with the announcement that it would make its C#-based mobile development platform Xamarin free - just weeks after ...

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