[woogle]

Why downvotes? I'm only asking questions. Yes, MS strategy is cross-plateform. Now. But in a few years, who knows what MS goals will be?

IMO, taking 10 minutes to think about is not lost time.

[blowski]

When you're in such an unstable environment as using a 3 year old startup to build apps for a 7 year old OS, I don't think that worrying about 2 years down the line is really worth it.

If Microsoft hadn't bought them, what would Hockey look like in 2 years? What will iOS look like in 2 years?

[pbz]

I didn't down vote, but you're not just asking questions; you're masking a statement in form of a question.

[andyjohnson0]

Downvotes are possibly because your comment could be read as instinctively/tribally anti Microsoft.

Yes, MS and Apple are competitors. But what would they have to gain by shutting-down iOS support? People would just move to TestFlight (Apple owned), which would gain MS noting at all and probably earn them some justifiable bad feeling.

Nadela-era Microsoft is looking to be a different and more open beast than the Gates and Balmer era company.

Edit: I didn't downvote you.

[woogle]

My comment would apply to any acquisition. If I'd use an analytics tool for Facebook acquired by Twitter, I'll take 10 minutes to think about it.

I'm not anti-MS. I was one of the first to make Windows Phone apps. I like a lot Nadela, but do you know how many time will he stay MS CEO?

As I said, MS is not only interested in Windows Phone but win a lot of money with Android.

We probably continue to use HockeyApp but I'm not fan of the "don't ask questions that may hurt" bashing here.

[untog]

> Yes, MS strategy is cross-plateform. Now. But in a few years, who knows what MS goals will be?

Equally, HockeyApp exists. Now. But in a few years, who knows where they'll be?

Basically, betting long-term on a startup is a bad bet. So you want them to be acquired by someone. I'm not sure who else out there would be better.