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Kevin McFarlane wrote: pricing could be interesting
Yes, it would be. At least increase the minimum size of the executables for the free version. At the moment, 32kb makes it rather difficult to write any really usable free apps...
"I've seen more information on a frickin' sticky note!" - Dave Kreskowiak
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Kevin McFarlane wrote: why not just use existing Visual Studio
 Does existing VS by itself offer crossplaform support?
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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My point was that if they were going to buy Xamarin and kill off its cross-platform support then why have non x-platform VS and non x-platform Xamarin? It wouldn't make sense.
Kevin
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maybe they just want to kill off mono altogether, so .NET is exclusive to Microsoft platforms
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Since MS write apps for iOS and Android and also use Mono themselves it wouldn't make much sense. If Mono was being used to write killer apps on [desktop] Linux that threatened Windows/Office then that would be a different matter. But Mono is pretty much focused on mobile now. If MS can figure out how to make enough money in the non-Windows mobile space then they'll use what they can.
Kevin
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With all the respect to Nadella - if negotiations in it's final state, that not his work...it began earlier...
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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Good point. It could well be considered the last check in Ballmer's relatively short win column.
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I hope it's just MS shoveling money into Xamarin to help them expand and catch mono up to the CLR. Despite their attempts to reform, if MS buys the company it's going to have an even larger stigma to try and overcome in penguinland than it currently does.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Dan Neely wrote: an even larger stigma to try and overcome in penguinland than it currently does.
I think MS is targeting mobile (iOS and Android), not Linux.
/ravi
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Funny I was thinking this would be a shrewd move to 'edge' into Android development thus keeping its .net developers happy.
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No fair getting up before me to get a drop on the news 
TTFN - Kent
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East Coast life 
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If the average programmer writes about 50 lines of production code a day. A 50,000 line program would take 1,000 man days to produce. The 50,000 line listing can be entered by a programmer at about 1,000 lines a day or about 50 man days. So what the heck are the developers doing for the other 950 days? Can you write a program that writes itself? Oh, a different paradox.
What are developers doing when they're not coding? Drinking, eating bacon, and posting on The Lounge, according to my highly scientific study.
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aka, browsing codeproject on their smert phone while some guy with a tie rambles on 
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It's all coding. All the way down.
I might as well post it: http://xkcd.com/303/[^]
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: the other 950 days?
writing about 950,000 lines of bugs.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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JDK Enhancement Proposal (JEP) 191 defines the Java Foreign Function Interface (FFI), which are interfaces that can bind native functions to Java methods and can manage blocks of native memory. Oh, look: j[DllImport]
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella may take the wraps off the long-rumored Office for iPad suite at a Microsoft press event focused on cloud and mobile on March 27. That should help Surface sales
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We at Microsoft look forward to GDC as much as you do. We get to geek out with the best game developers in the world and learn how we can help you be successful. We’re always working to provide the tools and technologies you need to target the broadest possible market for your apps and games. This includes improving the capabilities of .NET, investing in partnerships and standards, and creating a more unified developer platform for Windows devices. Uhm. Games?
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Company gives gift cards for its own e-store to customers who buy one of 16 new Windows 8.1 devices Isn't that about the value of a computer still running XP?
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Appmethod provides a way to compile a single program for multiple platforms You know what would be a great slogan for this? "Write once, run everywhere"
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The European Parliament announced last year that the Internal Market Committee plans to impose a universal charger for mobile phones sold in local markets, that will replace the custom designs that are adopted by manufacturers and accessory makers. This initiative is meant to "cut costs and waste for users", according to the announcement. "You are incompatible. You will be deleted."
I'm glad someone's finally doing this.
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This needs to be done for all devices that take a charger or transformer.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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I really wish someone who really knew what the new rule does/n't mean.
When it was reported over the weekend on Arstechnica, the comment thread devolved into a many way flamewar based on different interpretations of what it meant. Constructive positions I recall seeing included:
0) All it's doing is making the voluntary agreement between the EU and phone companies that resulted in microUSB everywhere mandatory; it's business as usual for all current phone/tablet vendors.
0.1) The law is targeted at other products using low power DC chargers that are still proprietary and who didn't partake in the voluntary agreement.
1) They're mandating that the charging brick have a USB-A port and implement the USB charging/power specs so that high power charging will work everywhere.
1.1) This will ding Apple because they're using a non-standard way to signal high power mode.
2) They're mandating phones/tablets use:
2.1) The current micro-USB B port.
2.2) The current micro-USB B 3.0 port.
2.3) The forthcoming USB-C port, which is expected to be about the size of the micro-b port but reversible.
2.4) And Apple will/not have to dump the lighting port for it instead of being reversible.
3) Related to 2.*, the law will/not be written in a way that makes more capable future ports illegal to use.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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The rumors are true: Microsoft confirmed today that it is making a version of OneNote available for free on every major desktop and mobile computing platform, including even the Mac. I guess they'll be stopping development soon
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