Subj : Microsoft cross-platform dev tools
To   : All
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Apr 29 2015 09:42 pm

Microsoft has made some interesting announcements regarding their next version
of Visual Studio (2015).  Microsoft has announced that they will allow Apple
iPhone/iPad apps and Android apps to be built for Windows:
http://tcrn.ch/1JaMkXR

It sounds like Visual Studio 2015 will also allow developers to create apps for
iPhone/iPad and Android apps using C#:
http://bit.ly/1IpFK1w

This is interesting news.  It's pretty cool, but I wonder if Microsoft will end
up shooting themselves in the foot by doing this.  IBM did something similar in
the 90s by allowing OS/2 to run Windows 3.1 apps.  Many software developers
decided to just create Windows apps, since Windows was more popular.

Microsoft seems to be getting more and more cross-platform with their
development tools.  I've also heard that Microsoft is bringing Visual Studio to
Linux and Mac:
http://mashable.com/2015/04/29/visual-studio-code/

Nightfox

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