Today we start Xamarin, our new company focused on Mono-based products.
These are some of the things that we will be doing at Xamarin:
Build a new commercial .NET offering for iOS
Build a new commercial .NET offering for Android
Continue to contribute, maintain and develop the open source Mono and Moonlight components.
Explore the Moonlight opportunities in the mobile space and the Mac appstore.
We believe strongly in splitting the presentation layer from the business logic in your application and supporting both your backend needs with C# on the server, the client or mobile devices and giving you the tools to use .NET languages in every desktop and mobile client.
Development started early this morning, we will first deliver the iPhone stack, followed by the Android stack, and then the Moonlight ports to both platforms.
The new versions of .NET for the iPhone and Android will be source compatible with MonoTouch and Mono for Android. Like those versions, they will be commercial products, built on top of the open core Mono.
In addition, we are going to provide support and custom development of Mono. A company that provides International Mono Support, if you will.
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