[gregmac]

> they open source to get PR, build a community; I hope that helps and it's not their last resort

It's not that: Microsoft acquired Xamarin earlier this year [1].

Xamarin is also holding a conference [2] right now, so I suspect this announcement is part of that.

Edit: Yes, it was. [3]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11169215

[2] https://evolve.xamarin.com/live

[3] https://adtmag.com/articles/2016/04/27/xamarin-evolve-16.asp...