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To add to this: think about the target market for this. It's not the person who knows objective-c and wants to make an Android app. It's not the person who knows Java and wants to make an iOS app. It's the person who already knows .NET and wants to make an app for either of those platforms.

I guess I also made a fundamental mistake in the above sentences. It's not a person, but rather a business that is looking at it. In the .NET world, it's common to have an MSDN license for each developer. Looking at the costs from that perspective and the licensing costs for Xamarin make a lot more sense.

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If I'm not mistaken, MSDN subscribers (not BizSpark though) also get a discount on Xamarin licenses (or maybe it was just their university learning subscription)