[gum_ina_package]

Now all they have to do is make it free. Seriously though, as a student I can't shell out $299 for a license and even at the $99/year student rate (with proof of relevant course work), I can't see myself paying $99/year to write/maintain apps I've built. Especially considering the $99/year Apple app store fee.

Please, Xamarin, show us young C# devs some love!

update: not really sure why the down votes. I'm big fan of Xamarin and C# in general. All I was doing was pointing out that there's no way I can afford/am willing to buy their software and that I think I speak for the majority of student developers.

[buckbova]

Not C# but give kivy a try. Cross platform and in python. Great for student projects and those looking for open source alternatives.

http://kivy.org/docs/gettingstarted/intro.html

Other open-source alternatives are haxe and phonegap.

http://haxe.org/

http://phonegap.com/

Comparison site:

http://www.riaxe.com/blog/top-cross-platform-mobile-developm...

[masivemunkey]

I agree. It's a great product, but $300 per year is cost prohibitive for me.

[swalsh]

I think $300 is a pretty cheap price to pay for a huge productivity boost.

[benologist]

It's only a huge productivity boost if you're already working with .NET. For everyone else the free trial limitations are so severe you're being asked to pay $299 just to try it out while most alternatives are cheaper, free, or open source.

[gum_ina_package]

I agree if that $300 was almost as much as my monthly rent lol :)

[hatred]

I certainly did not like the lousy words written above which explains the down-votes. But certainly the team at Xamarin can look upon his request and try if they can lower the license fee for students.

[hatred]

I wonder why the down-votes are for when all I was making was a earnest request for a price reduction for fellow students