>>Thanks Rick. I had a feeling I should have said 'looks very interesting' rather then 'looks very interesting'.
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>>At first glance $1k/pa for Xamarin didn't look too bad - then I noticed it was 'per platform' :-{
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>And that's per year, per platform, per developer. It's a subscription and you can't use after the year is up...
>Insane that people go for this... It maybe an awesome tool but at those prices there's no way unless I have a specific project that requires it and they are paying for the license.
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Yep. When I originally saw $1000 and thought it wasn't too horrible - sure I'd love it to be $300-$400, but even around $1000-$1200 it wasn't bad. Then I saw per platform / per year and suddenly it's not really in the running anymore (unless, like you said, you had a specific customer who would cover the license). Kind of disappointing.