Xamarin
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| Subsidiary of Microsoft | |
| Industry | Software industry |
| Fate | Acquired by Microsoft (February 24, 2016) |
| Founded | May 16, 2011 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
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Key people
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Miguel de Icaza, Nat Friedman |
| Website | www |
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Footnotes / references |
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Xamarin is a Microsoft-owned San Francisco, California-based software company founded in May 2011 by the engineers that created Mono,Mono for Android and MonoTouch, which are cross-platform implementations of the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) and Common Language Specifications (often called Microsoft .NET).
With a C#-shared codebase, developers can use Xamarin tools to write native Android, iOS, and Windows apps with native user interfaces and share code across multiple platforms. Over 1 million developers were using Xamarin's products in more than 120 countries around the world as of May 2015.
On February 24, 2016, Microsoft announced it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Xamarin.
In June 2000, Microsoft first announced their .NET Framework.Miguel de Icaza of Ximian began investigating whether a Linux version was feasible. The Mono open source project was launched on July 19, 2001. Ximian was bought by Novell on August 4, 2003, which was then acquired by Attachmate in April 2011.
After the acquisition, Attachmate announced hundreds of layoffs for the Novell workforce, including Mono developers, putting the future of Mono in question.
On May 16, 2011, Miguel de Icaza announced on his blog that Mono would be developed and supported by Xamarin, a newly formed company that planned to release a new suite of mobile products. According to de Icaza, at least part of the original Mono team had moved to the new company.
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